Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livre des merveilles du monde
France, possibly Angers, ca. 1460
MS M.461 fol. 69r

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Livres des Merveilles du Monde: Scene, Saxony -- To left, pair of oxen and two pairs of sheep beside tree. To right, on shore with field of grain, two monkeys before bust of stag, bear and boar, and another bear. Scene in grassy and hilly landscape with river and trees; crenellated castle buildings in background. Initial S of Saxone decorated with foliate ornament. Miniature for Livre de Merveilles du Monde for Saxony.