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Opening Page of Book IX of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medieval-style illustration of two scenes. The top half contains two arched panels side by side. The left panel shows a man in a blue robe sitting on a chair. He is surrounded by four other people wearing green and blue. The right panel depicts a man in a white robe with blue stars sitting on a chair. He is surrounded by six people wearing green, blue, and red. The bottom half contains black text in a foreign language, with blue, red, and orange decorative elements. The background of the page is aged, yellowed parchment. A large decorative letter is on the left. Roman numeral "IX" is in the upper right. The number "LIS" is centered at the top. The edges of the page are worn and torn.

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