MS M.461, fols. 18v–19r
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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. 18v–19r
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Cyprus
Here, the marvels are explicitly Christian in nature. The earth rejects the bodies of the dead until Empress Helene brings the True Cross to Cyprus, and the cross of the good thief hangs suspended in the church.