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Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection 12

[Part 1]

General information

Folios1
Folio notes:Single-leaf fragment of Prose 1 of the 'Troie'.
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. datec. 1450
Date notes'vers 1450' (De Ricci 1913, 120).
Place(s) of production
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit[f. 1ra] guerre la et pres / et loings ont ilz requis si long / terme (De Ricci 1913, 13)
Explicit[f. 1vb] il ne / semble que vous aiez nul autre / ennemy et moult avez donnez (De Ricci 1913, 13)

Material

Material:Material object (4)
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Structure

Collation:
Quire structure:Single-leaf fragment.
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Physical description

No. of illustrations:1
General illustration:One miniature on f. 1v, spanning the width of the a-column and half that of the b-column, and 14 lines in height, depicting Achilles and Hector negotiating a fortnight-long truce. De Ricci likens the artwork to that of Simon Marmion (1913, 12).
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Mise en page

Description 1Note that the folio is mutilated at the top and base.
Page sampled1r
LayoutMSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions120x210 (mm)
Justification (mm)
Columns2
mm between columns
Lines18
Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
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