self-sceaft

self-sceaft, m.n: self-shaping, spontaneous generation (applied to Adam, who had no father and mother). (SELF-SHEH-oft)

6th Day of Creation in the Crusader Bible. France (Paris), c. 1244-1254. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 1v. [themorgan.org]

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