# # 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 µ{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 f7r 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 f7r is ¶{Nymphaea:alba}, then what do we make of f2v? # # References: # # # Last edited on 1999-04-15 05:31:31 by stolfi