Virgin and Child, ca. 1275–1300, Made in France, French, Ivory with paint, 14 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (36.8 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm), Ivories, The Virgin tramples a quasi-human winged serpent, an allusion to her triumph over the devil, as foretold in Genesis (3:15): “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed; she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel
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Virgin, Child, ca, 1275–1300, France, French, Ivory, paint, 14 1/2, 6, 5, 36.8, 16.5, 12.7 cm, Ivories, tramples, quasi-human winged, serpent, allusion, triumph, devil, foretold, Genesis, 3, 15, I will, enmity, thee, woman, thy seed, seed, shall crush, thy, head, thou shalt, lie, wait, heel
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