This illumination, from Bartholomaeus Anglicus (Bartholomew the Englishman) - On the Properties of Things - illustrates the medieval concept of Hydrography (the workings of seas, rivers, and springs). The work is maintained at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Image online, courtesy Bibliotheque Nationale de France, from Bartholomaeus Anglicus (Bartholomew the Englishman), On the Properties of Things
(BNF, FR 136)
fol. 26
Le Mans (France), 15th Century
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