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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 109x82
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Swart, Jan
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1534
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. 525 (Old Testament complete) 1 <sup>π</sup>A1v
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Nijmegen UB P.Inc 210 (Old Testament complete) 1 π1v
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Nijmegen UB P.Inc. 96 (Old Testament complete) 1 π1v
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Nijmegen UB P.Inc 210 (Old Testament complete) 1 <sup>π</sup>A1v
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Gent UB Acc.12726 (Old Testament complete) 1 <sup>π</sup>A1v
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Amsterdam BVU XC 05040 (Numbers) 1 i7r
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Scan: Leuven UB-GBIB P.22.055.1/Fo/BIJB/1533-34 [3792988] (Old Testament complete) vol.1 p.+1v
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