Bible and Book of Common Prayer
Unknown Artist
The front and back covers of this bible are identical, both depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, standing by the Tree of Knowledge. Below the tree is the fountain from which sprang four rivers, the Pison, the Hiddekel (or Tigris), the Gihon and the Euphrates.
Credit: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
c. 1607
Satin worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; long-and-short, split, satin, couching, brick, and knot stitches
34.3 x 23.5cm
64.101.1291
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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