Livre des merveilles du monde
ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 18v–19r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
Cyprus
Here, the marvels are explicitly Christian in nature. The earth rejects the bodies of the dead until Empress Helene brings the True Cross to Cyprus, and the cross of the good thief hangs suspended in the church.