MS M.461, fols. 9v-10r

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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. 9v-10r
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Arabia

Arabia is presented as a land of wealth and terror; gems are abundant, but they must be pulled from the bellies of dragons.