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<p>Fall of Princes by John Lydgate 
England, probably London, c. 1465–75 
</p><p>Boccaccio Has a Vision of Adam and Eve. Boccaccio's tale of the fall of noble persons begins with Adam and Eve. The opening miniature shows Boccaccio seated at his desk as Adam steps into the room. Outside, Eve receives the apple from a human-headed serpent twisted around the Tree of Knowledge. 
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Rosenbach Museum &amp; Library, Philadelphia, MS 439/16, fol. 4</div>
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John Lydgate</div>
circa 1465 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1465-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>–75
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