Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livre des merveilles du monde
France, possibly Angers, ca. 1460
MS M.461 fol. 76v

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Livres des Merveilles du Monde: Scene, Thule Island -- To left, darkness over buildings and trees. In center, among group of five men, two wearing hats, one wearing cap with pouch tied to belt, and one wearing twisted headgear, the foremost, gestures toward elderly man diving off cliff into sea. Initial T of Tile decorated with foliate ornament. Miniature for Livre de Merveilles du Monde for Thule Island.