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.

059. MS M.461, fols. 54v–55r

Livre des merveilles du monde

ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 54v–55r

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

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.