MS M.461, fols. 2v–3r
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Livre des merveilles du monde
France, probably Angers
ca. 1460
281 x 220 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
MS M.461, fols. 2v–3r
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Author Portrait
While this book is an anonymous compilation made by gathering texts from numerous classical and medieval authors, it nonetheless opens with a generic author portrait, which gives the work a sense of authority.