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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. 59v–60r
Description:
Ophir
As with many other locations in this manuscript, riches and dangers appear side by side. Here, a dragon menaces three industrious miners.