Illustrated extract from ancient text

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Title

Illustrated extract from ancient text

Description

Double page (pp 92 & 93) from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt."
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Islamic world as far as India and China.
Image on page 93 shows Judas hanging from tree and the devil taking his soul.
Another extract from this text is depicted in MG.423

Publisher

Morrab Library

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Lantern Slide

Identifier

MG.421