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Folio 98 recto (Ashby 162): Five schemes for grotesque decoration
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Reference number
SM volume 115/162
Purpose
Folio 98 recto (Ashby 162): Five schemes for grotesque decoration
Inscribed
[Drawing] [early seventeenth-century hand] 31
[Mount] 162 [x2]
Medium and dimensions
[Drawing] (Drawing media as below) On laid paper (232x162mm), rounded corners at right, inlaid (window on verso of mount)
[Mount] Frame lines, in pen and dark brown ink, 10mm apart
Watermark
[Drawing] None [Mount] None
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Digitisation of the Codex Coner has been made possible through the generosity of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin.
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Contents of Folio 98 recto (Ashby 162): Five schemes for grotesque decoration
- Drawing 1 (top left): Foliate scrolls and figures
- Drawing 2 (top right): Two standing figures
- Drawing 3 (upper centre): Zoomorphic man riding a protome dolphin
- Drawing 4 (bottom left): Foliate candelabrum and scroll with two storks
- Drawing 5 (lower right): Curving design with acanthus and zoomorphic figures