Livre des merveilles du monde
ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 58v–59r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
Moesia (left)
This is a fertile land with a vast field of grain, and a fire that cannot be extinguished unless earth is poured on it.
Norway (right)
In this manuscript the turbaned Norwegians resemble the inhabitants of Arabia and Africa, and the monsters are similarly somewhat interchangeable.