29. Noah sends out the doveCodex Vindob. 2980, Folio 104v, 144 x 100 mm. Placed before l. 3875 and illustrates ll. 3869-3874.
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The dove, as it was bidden, made no delay and flew at once from the ark, and when it had found the olive-tree, which as still as green as grass and which had been planted on Adam's grave, as I have already related, the dove perched on the tree, for it was weary and damp from flying, and rested a little upon it. Like any loyal messenger it wanted to have a token. . . .With its small beak it picked off a branch from the olive-tree, so that it would be apparent that God now sought peace and his great wrath upon the whole world was spent." (3869-3874, Translation by Halford, 1984, p. 298)Analysis
"A dove has just been released from an empty chest. Noah, bearded and wearing a long, brown robe, is holding up the lid of the chest and pointing at the dove. Behind him stands a young man (one of the three sons) who is also looking at the dove." (Halford, 1980, p. 35)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.