4. Adam and Eve are led into Paradise by the CreatoryCodex Vindob. 2980, Folio 8v, 142 x 99 mm. Placed before l. 277 and perhaps expands on ll. 266-271.
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How God led Adam and Eve into paradiseText
When all had been created that our Lord in his adamantine virtue had planned, paradise with all its delights was then also complete in all its glory, and in it God placed the woman and the man. They were like children without shame nor a single sin, free of falsehood, and so pure in the beauty and wisdom with which God had endowed them in his immeasurable grace, that it is impossible to describe (the virtues) he overgenerously heaped upon them. (261-274, Translation by Halford, 1984, pp. 241-242)Analysis
"Paradise is represented by a garden enclosed by four walls. Inside are two trees, one of which bears fruit similar to that of the Tree of Knowledge. Adam's head is turned away from the Creator and is interest is focused on Eve." (Halford, 1980, p. 12)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.