dēofol-dǣd

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dēofol-dǣd, f.n: a devil-deed, diabolical deed. (DAY-ov-oll-DAD / ˈdeːɔ-vɔl-ˌdæːd)

Sequence of images in a medieval manuscript depicting an angel being unchained from a flame-filled prison, then flying up and out the gate to a garden where a serpent in a tree communicates with a naked woman, then a naked man and woman look at a tree together.
Satan’s messenger flying up from hell in the Junius manuscript; England, c. 1000; Bodleian Library, MS. Junius 11, p. 20. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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