Adam And Eve
by Paul D Stewart
Title
Adam And Eve
Artist
Paul D Stewart
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Adam and Eve, 'Hortus Sanitatis' (1491). Woodblock illustration of Adam and Eve at the Tree of Knowledge from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis, translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. The Hortus was the first printed natural history encyclopaedia and was published by Jacob Meydenbach in Mainz, Germany in 1491. He describes plants and animals (both real and mythical) together with minerals and various trades, with their medicinal value and method of preparation.
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