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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 59x74
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1548
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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Amsterdam UB Ned.Inc. 367 (Numbers) 1 H1r
Show scan: Amsterdam UB Ned.Inc. 367 (Numbers) vol.1 p.H1r
Show edition: 1534.B.fre.MdK.a

Amsterdam UB 976 A 9 (Numbers) 1 I5r
Show scan: Amsterdam UB 976 A 9 (Numbers) vol.1 p.I5r
Show edition: 1548.B.dut.BG.a

Brussels BR LP 3476 C (Numbers) 1 i3r
Show scan: Brussels BR LP 3476 C (Numbers) vol.1 p.i3r
Show edition: 1544.B.dut.WV.a

Maredsous RP 8 (Numbers) 1 i3r
Show scan: Maredsous RP 8 (Numbers) vol.1 p.i3r
Show edition: 1534.B.dut.WV.a

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Scan: Amsterdam UB Ned.Inc. 366 vol.1 p.H3r
Show edition: 1530.B.fre.MdK.a

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