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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. 54v–55r
Description:
Libya
Six great beasts inhabit the territory of Libya, clustered in a manner than erodes the distinction between “real” creatures like lions and “imaginary” creatures like dragons.