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This clip covers a part of the NE rosette on the big fold-out "map" (page f85v2). It includes the volcano and the big castle with "Ghibelline" merlons. As usual, there is evidence of at least three levels of tracing/retracing on this page, not counting the color painting. The original traces (Rt0) are very faint, as can be sen on the (1A) tower. The general restoration pass (Rt1) retraced a lot of the original outlines with ink that now looks like light grayish brown, as sen on the square tower (1B). some time later, another Retracer (Rt2) retouched several parts of the Rt0 and Rt1 trace, with a dark brown ink, as can be seen on the roof of the house (1C) and on the building above it. It seems that Rt2, and possibly also Rt1, significantly altered some details of the Rt0 drawing, and added many others that were not in that version. The most significant case of the latter may be the "Ghibelline" and square merlons on the big castle. The inset drawing is my best (but still rather uncertain) guess at what the castle looked like just after the Rt0 Scribe was done with it. The Restorer Rt1 also retraced practically all of the Rt0 text included in this clip, leaving only a few bits here and there. The Retracer Rt2 also re-retraced some of the text. |