Page f7r
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Identification
Title: ???
Page: f7r = AM (Rene) = p013 (Stolfi)
Folio: f7
Panels: f7r
Bifolio: bA2 = f2+f7
Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke)
Attributes
Language: A (Currier)
Hand: 1 (Currier)
Subsets: H (Rene), hea (Stolfi)
Subject: herbal
Colors: green,tan (Reeds), green(out),red+brwn_stripes(mid),red/grn(in) (Rene)
Plant: 12 (Petersen)
Description
One plant with no leaves and a single huge flower, spanning the
entire height and width of the page.
Root: a short, vertical, cylindrical stem that splits
into two almost horizontal mousetails.
Stem: straight, vertical.
Branches: none.
Leaves: none.
Flowers: a single flower at the tip of the stem.
Stalk: not visible, or indistinguishable from stem.
Chalyx: eight symmetrical sepals, shaped like long parabolas.
Corolla: four layers, of decreasing sizes, each having four
symmetric petals, located diagonally with respect to
the previous layer. Core: none.
Two paragraphs (unit P) with 4.3 lines and 4.5 lines, both
left- and right-justified: one at the top, interrupted by the
flower; one just below mid-page, interrupted by the main stem.
Comments
Petersen has identified this plant with high confidence
as Nymphaea alba (white water lily, seerose).
There is indeed a good match in the shape and arrangement of the
petals and sepals. Also, the lack of leaves and branches in f7v is
plausibly explained by the fact that Nymphaea's flowers float on
the water's surface, and thus may have been hidden from the
artist's view.
But if f7v is Nymphaea alba, then what do we make of f2v?
References
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