Extract from ancient text

Extract from ancient text

Double page ( pp 264 & 265) of text from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. Text describes a tree which bears fruit, which are baby lambs and illustrated on p 264. 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.
Another extract is depicted in MG.421

Morrab Library

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