Illustration: 71E3243x71E3241x15
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| Title | anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar, when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 52x71 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1599 |
| Iconclass | 71E3243,71E3241 |
| Iconclass description | anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar, when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers |
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References
Literature references
Rosier, Bart Alexander 1997 vol.1, pp. 346-348 The Bible in print: Netherlandish bible illustration in the sixteenth century. 2 vols. Leiden.
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