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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 59x86
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1565
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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Utrecht UB-THO RIJS 301-45 (Numbers) 1 H3r
Show scan: Utrecht UB-THO RIJS 301-45 (Numbers) vol.1 p.H3r
Show edition: 1541.B.lat.JSt.a

Amsterdam BVU XC.05058 (Numbers) 1 G7r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05058 (Numbers) vol.1 p.G7r
Show edition: 1556.B.dut.HdL.a

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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05059 (Numbers) vol.1 p.G7r
Show edition: 1560.B.dut.HdL.a

Scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05062 (Numbers) vol.1 p.G7r
Show edition: 1565.B.dut.HdL.a

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