Lutwin's Eva und Adam

Codex Vindob. 2980, Folio 3v, 123 x 88 mm. Placed before l. 103 and illustrates ll. 103-109.

Rubric

How God Created Heaven and Earth

Text

Now that God deemed that the time had come for our salvation and that he should reveal himself, in accordance with what Goodness and his own virtue required, he created heaven and earth and that which both adorn. (103-109, Translation by Halford, 1984, pp. 238-239)

Analysis

"The Creator is represented as a man in a brown robe with long, fair hair and beard, and crossed nimbus. He is blessing the world which is represented in a circle by water and land with trees and houses on it. This in turn is surrounded by another circle which represents the cosmos." (Halford, 1980, p. 11)

Bibliography

Halford, M-B. Illustration and Text in Lutwin's Eva und Adam: Codex Vindob. 2980, Goppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik, 303; Stuttgart: Kummerle Verlag, 1980.

Halford, M-b. Lutwin's Eva und Adam, Goppingen Arbeiten zur Germanistik, Goppingen: Kummerle Verlag, 1984.