Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livre des merveilles du monde
France, possibly Angers, ca. 1460
MS M.461 fol. 12v

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Livres des Merveilles du Monde: Scene, Boeotia -- To left, on grassy shore, woman, wearing headdress, gestures amid five oxen. To right, man, wearing hat and suit of armor, is astride bridled and saddled horse, feet with spurs in stirrups, he holds reins with left hand and extends right hand toward the women and the herd. Scene in hilly landscape with water, trees and city in background. Initial B of Boetia decorated with foliate ornament. Miniature for Livre de Merveilles du Monde for Boeotia (Greece).