
Livre des merveilles du monde
ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 59v–60r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
Ophir
As with many other locations in this manuscript, riches and dangers appear side by side. Here, a dragon menaces three industrious miners.