Livre des merveilles du monde
ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 61v–62r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
Pygmy (left)
The diminutive pygmies thought to reside in India are shown here; as is typical of medieval images of them, they are battling with their alleged eternal enemies, the cranes.
Poitou (right)
Poitou has mermaids in the sea, cranes born from driftwood, numerous vermin, and Mont-St-Michel rising over the horizon.