Medieval Manuscript Reveals Aerial Perspective Mystery

A medieval manuscript just sold for millions because of one tiny detail in the margin. In this 14th century

prayer book, there's an illustration of a village by a river. Scholars thought

it was just decorative until someone noticed the perspective. The viewer's angle descends from above

the clouds down into the town, landing right on the book beside the riverbank.

But here's what changed everything. A dragon flies across the entire image in the background.

This wasn't fantasy art. Medieval cartographers drew maps from a bird's eye view

centuries before hot air balloons existed. Some historians now believe scribes

were documenting actual sightings, drawing exactly what witnesses described. The flight path,