Reggio Emilia, Collezione Mussini, unnumbered
[Troie fragment]
General information
| Folios | 1 |
| Folio notes: | Single folio, used in a binding. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1325 to 1375 |
| Date notes | 'metà del sec. XIV', on palaeographical grounds (Ronchi 1988, 73; cf. Jung 1996, 329). |
| Place(s) of production | Northern Italy'da assegnarsi con ogni probabiltà all'Italia nord-orientale' (Ronchi 1988, 73). |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] O u il neust piere ou qare[...] / D e fin marbre bien entaillie / J a nus hom ni moillast le pie |
| Explicit | [f. 1vb] O p(ar) les autres qil ot iostez / Q i furent sages et senez |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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| Condition: | The leaf has been cropped (including the uppermost line of text), and there are holes and wear (particularly the verso) from use in binding. |
Structure
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Physical description
| General illustration: | Space (height: c. 9 lines) was left for a miniature on f. 1vb. |
| General decoration: | One large decorative initial (height: c. 6 lines) on f. 1vb, in red. Theother initials are smaller (height: 2 lines), and alternate red and blue, with decoration in the opposing colour. |
| Evidence of readership: | '.t.' in red ink was written above the name Prians/Priamus. |
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Mise en page
| Description 1 | Source: Ronchi 1988, 73. |
| Page sampled | |
| Layout | MSLayout object (4) |
| Page dimensions | 294x200 (mm) |
| Justification | (mm) |
| Columns | 2mm between columns |
| Lines | 46 |
| Rubrication | Two lines of rubric precede the space (height: 8 lines) on f. 1vb. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From 1ra to 1vb |
| Date | c. 1350 |
| Scribe description: | Italian rotunda of the mid-14th c. (Ronchi 1988, 73). Features include two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow), 'd' with a near-horizontal shaft, round 's' in final position, 'u' in initial position, and uncrossed tironian 'et'. |
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