diff --git a/src/core/core.js b/src/core/core.js
index ab17644c7..0eabd0542 100644
--- a/src/core/core.js
+++ b/src/core/core.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-/* globals assertWellFormed, calculateMD5, Catalog, error, info, isArray,
+/* globals assertWellFormed, calculateMD5, Catalog, Dict, error, info, isArray,
            isArrayBuffer, isName, isStream, isString, LegacyPromise,
            Linearization, NullStream, PartialEvaluator, shadow, Stream, Lexer,
            StreamsSequenceStream, stringToPDFString, stringToBytes, Util, XRef,
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 var Page = (function PageClosure() {
 
+  var LETTER_SIZE_MEDIABOX = [0, 0, 612, 792];
+
   function Page(pdfManager, xref, pageIndex, pageDict, ref, fontCache) {
     this.pdfManager = pdfManager;
     this.pageIndex = pageIndex;
@@ -42,51 +44,69 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
     getPageProp: function Page_getPageProp(key) {
       return this.pageDict.get(key);
     },
-    inheritPageProp: function Page_inheritPageProp(key) {
+
+    getInheritedPageProp: function Page_inheritPageProp(key) {
       var dict = this.pageDict;
-      var obj = dict.get(key);
-      while (obj === undefined) {
+      var value = dict.get(key);
+      while (value === undefined) {
         dict = dict.get('Parent');
-        if (!dict)
+        if (!dict) {
           break;
-        obj = dict.get(key);
+        }
+        value = dict.get(key);
       }
-      return obj;
+      return value;
     },
+
     get content() {
       return this.getPageProp('Contents');
     },
+
     get resources() {
-      return shadow(this, 'resources', this.inheritPageProp('Resources'));
+      var value = this.getInheritedPageProp('Resources');
+      // For robustness: The spec states that a \Resources entry has to be
+      // present, but can be empty. Some document omit it still. In this case
+      // return an empty dictionary:
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        value = new Dict();
+      }
+      return shadow(this, 'resources', value);
     },
+
     get mediaBox() {
-      var obj = this.inheritPageProp('MediaBox');
+      var obj = this.getInheritedPageProp('MediaBox');
       // Reset invalid media box to letter size.
-      if (!isArray(obj) || obj.length !== 4)
-        obj = [0, 0, 612, 792];
+      if (!isArray(obj) || obj.length !== 4) {
+        obj = LETTER_SIZE_MEDIABOX;
+      }
       return shadow(this, 'mediaBox', obj);
     },
+
     get view() {
       var mediaBox = this.mediaBox;
-      var cropBox = this.inheritPageProp('CropBox');
-      if (!isArray(cropBox) || cropBox.length !== 4)
+      var cropBox = this.getInheritedPageProp('CropBox');
+      if (!isArray(cropBox) || cropBox.length !== 4) {
         return shadow(this, 'view', mediaBox);
+      }
 
       // From the spec, 6th ed., p.963:
       // "The crop, bleed, trim, and art boxes should not ordinarily
       // extend beyond the boundaries of the media box. If they do, they are
       // effectively reduced to their intersection with the media box."
       cropBox = Util.intersect(cropBox, mediaBox);
-      if (!cropBox)
+      if (!cropBox) {
         return shadow(this, 'view', mediaBox);
-
+      }
       return shadow(this, 'view', cropBox);
     },
+
     get annotationRefs() {
-      return shadow(this, 'annotationRefs', this.inheritPageProp('Annots'));
+      return shadow(this, 'annotationRefs',
+                    this.getInheritedPageProp('Annots'));
     },
+
     get rotate() {
-      var rotate = this.inheritPageProp('Rotate') || 0;
+      var rotate = this.getInheritedPageProp('Rotate') || 0;
       // Normalize rotation so it's a multiple of 90 and between 0 and 270
       if (rotate % 90 !== 0) {
         rotate = 0;
@@ -99,6 +119,7 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
       }
       return shadow(this, 'rotate', rotate);
     },
+
     getContentStream: function Page_getContentStream() {
       var content = this.content;
       var stream;
@@ -118,9 +139,10 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
       }
       return stream;
     },
+
     loadResources: function(keys) {
       if (!this.resourcesPromise) {
-        // TODO: add async inheritPageProp and remove this.
+        // TODO: add async getInheritedPageProp and remove this.
         this.resourcesPromise = this.pdfManager.ensure(this, 'resources');
       }
       var promise = new LegacyPromise();
@@ -134,6 +156,7 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
       }.bind(this));
       return promise;
     },
+
     getOperatorList: function Page_getOperatorList(handler, intent) {
       var self = this;
       var promise = new LegacyPromise();
@@ -153,7 +176,7 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
         'Pattern',
         'Shading',
         'XObject',
-        'Font',
+        'Font'
         // ProcSet
         // Properties
       ]);
@@ -201,6 +224,7 @@ var Page = (function PageClosure() {
 
       return promise;
     },
+
     extractTextContent: function Page_extractTextContent() {
       var handler = {
         on: function nullHandlerOn() {},
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index fe42cdffe..aa06cc0d0 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@
 !issue3885.pdf
 !bug859204.pdf
 !issue4246.pdf
+!issue4461.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue4461.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue4461.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bdf364f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue4461.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+%PDF-1.4
+%μῦ
+
+1 0 obj
+<</Parent 2 0 R/MediaBox[0 0 30 20]/Type/Page/Contents 3 0 R>>
+endobj
+
+2 0 obj
+<</Kids[1 0 R]/Type/Pages/Count 1>>
+endobj
+
+3 0 obj
+<</Length 0>>
+stream
+endstream
+endobj
+
+4 0 obj
+<</Pages 2 0 R/Type/Catalog>>
+endobj
+
+xref
+0 5
+0000000000 65536 f 
+0000000017 00000 n 
+0000000096 00000 n 
+0000000148 00000 n 
+0000000195 00000 n 
+
+trailer
+<</Size 5/Root 4 0 R/ID[<1861E1AD51AD0FE751FE9A71F1C854F5><1861E1AD51AD0FE751FE9A71F1C854F5>]>>
+
+startxref
+241
+%%EOF
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 70d93e241..f0ec32616 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -709,6 +709,13 @@
       "link": true,
       "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue4461-load",
+      "file": "pdfs/issue4461.pdf",
+      "md5": "9df4ecaae429adb5dc93d9342a53159d",
+      "rounds": 1,
+      "type": "load",
+      "about": "Document without /Resources entry in page dictionary"
+    },
     {  "id": "issue1249-load",
       "file": "pdfs/issue1249.pdf",
       "md5": "4f81339fa09422a7db980f34ea963609",