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  • MS Thai 3, four leaves
  • God creating Eve out of Adam amidst all the wonders of Eden. Woodcut.
  • (Left) King Suddhodana asks brahmins to intertret the Queen's
  • (Left) The predictions of the brahmins,
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • Bilvamangala's Balagopalastuti: folio 1 verso - 2 recto
  • God hangs over the world, gathering the waters and creating fertile earth. Line engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.
  • God (looking female ?) creating Eve from Adam. Wood engraving.
  • King Suddhodana, courtiers and other men pay their respects to Bodhisatta, siting on a swing in the lotus possition, a second time
  • God creates man, his hand inspiring life into the head of Adam. Etching by H. Moses after A. Canova.
  • God creating Eve out of Adam and blessing her amidst the natural wonders of Eden. Woodcut after H. Brosamer, 1549.
  • The procession of Princes Yasodhara, seated in a palanquin and surrounded by soldiers and courtesans, arriving for her marriage to Prince Siddhattha, Bodhisatta. In the procession are minor officials, musician, soldiers, ministers and spectators
  • God stretches out his hand to give life to Adam. Etching by J.J. Pasquier after J. de Sève.
  • A blinding light descends on Eden in the creation of man and the animals. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • A ternary of paradoxes. The magnetick cure of wounds, nativity of tartar in wine, image of God in man / Written originally by Joh. Bapt. van Helmont, and translated, illustrated, and ampliated by Walter Charleton.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.
  • Adam and Eve humbly pray to a stern God. Line engraving.
  • God creates man in the Garden of Eden. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • An old man rests his head on his hand; cherubs play in a room filled with mechanical instruments; representing mechanical philosophy (or 18th century physics). Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1816.
  • God, aided by an angel, a serpent and Death, inflicts calamitous weather upon the Israelites. Engraving by A. Mochetti after G. della Valle.
  • Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.
  • Illustrated Sinhalese covers (inside) showing the events
  • God creates Eve; she tempts Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • The baptism of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after F. Albani.
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • God lifts Eve from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.
  • The birth tale of Candakumara: on the left, the god Indra descends from heaven to destroy a ceremonial parasol marking an evil ceremony created in order to sacrifice the hero Prince Candakumara. To the right Candakumara on the throne; he is about to be sacrificed on a pyre by the three evil brahimns who are seated before him
  • The fall; expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve raise a family and set to work. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin, who kneels at a prie-dieu. Engraving by P. Pontius after C. Schut.
  • (Left) Princess Yasodhara points to Prince Siddhattha, Bodhisatta performing feats of archery. (Right) The demonstration of the archery skills of Prince Siddhattha, showing three, (top right) of the twelve feats as in the Sarabhanga Jataka, one of the stories of the former lives of Buddha.