Alexander the Great, Satan, and two bronze statues.


Alexander the Great accompanied by Satan, who helped him imprison the peoples of Gog and Magog, and the two bronze statues of trumpeters he ordered erected. Wind blowing through the trumpets frightens the Tartars.
(detail of the map of Asia)
(BNF, Esp 30)
The Catalan Atlas
Spain, Majorca 14th century.



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