Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

065. MS M.461, fols. 60v–61r

Livre des merveilles du monde

ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 60v–61r

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911

Earthly Paradise

Medieval theologians argued that Paradise, the Garden of Eden, was a physical place on earth, guarded by an impenetrable fiery wall and fearsome cherubim.