Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livre des merveilles du monde
France, possibly Angers, ca. 1460
MS M.461 fol. 18v

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Livres des Merveilles du Monde: Scene, Cyprus -- To left, corpse wrapped as mummy is reclining on side of rock beside carved niche for tomb. Man, wearing turban-like headgear, holds two halves of apple in hands, beneath fruit tree with ten apples. To right, inside cross-surmounted church, three men, possibly including pilgrim, with hat tied to back and pouch fastened to belt, kneel and extend hands toward another man, possibly priest, also kneeling; all before cross (Cross of Dismas). Scene in hilly landscape with cross-surmounted buildings in far left. Initial C of Chippre decorated with foliate ornament. Miniature for Livre de Merveilles du Monde for Cyprus.