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Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1898,1123.3.31)

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Aspertini sketch-book (so-called London I): 32nd opening

left (1898,1123.3(31) verso) and right-hand page (1898,1123.3(32) recto) with scenes from Trajan's Column: Roman sacrifice after disembarking on the Dacian coast (upper part of opening); and a Roman bridge of boats (lower part of opening) c. 1535

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on vellum (the surface partly rubbed with black chalk)

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1535 - 1600
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British Museum
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