Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La fleur des histoires de la terre d’Orient by Hayton and Marco Polo’s Le livre des merveilles d’Asie
France, probably Paris, ca. 1410-1412
MS M.723 fol. 82r

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Marco Polo: Text, Livre des Merveilles, Book I, Chapter 01 -- Two male figures kneel before statue (idol) of nude male figure on column.
Representation of Lesser Armenia (Armenian Cilicia).
Scene in landscape setting within gold frame.