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Full page miniature with four scenes:  Expulsion of Adam and Eve; Adam and Eve laboring outside the Garden; Cain and Abel making offerings; Cain slaying Abel, fol. 3

Full page miniature with four scenes: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; Adam and Eve laboring outside the Garden; Cain and Abel making offerings; Cain slaying Abel, fol. 3

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Cain and Abel - the first two sons of Adam and Eve. According to the book of Genesis, Cain, a farmer, became jealous of Abel, a shepherd, when God accepted Abel's offering of animal sacrifice but rejected Cain's offering of crops. In a fit of anger, Cain killed Abel, making him the first murderer in human history. God punished Cain by marking him and banishing him from the land.

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1320 - 1320
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New York Public Library
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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