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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