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The woodcuts provide the best record we have of the
actual appearance of the medieval stage. The costume
of the characters & general arrangement of the stage
as shown in these pictures are probablt quite characteristic
of thematic presentations in the middle ages. The stage
is a platform probably exposed to the view of the audience
on 3 sides, the back being occupied by curtains
forming 4 compartments in front & on one side.

Kraus Cat. Z999 K91I38 - The editor, Guy Jouenneaux (Guido Juvenalis) was a
native of Le Mans who attained a great reputation in his
day as a grammarian & teacher; he became abbot of S.
Sulpice de Bourges & died in 1507. His commentary,
first published in the previous year is here revised &
supplemented by the learned Radius Ascensius,
who was then Trechel's press corector & later himself
a printer. The metrical text is here printed a
prose.

HEHL (-) 207432 rubricated in red & blue
my leaf fiiii (of 8) Quartus actus.
A6 to 95 Andriae opens the volume
followed by Eunuchi
on the woodcut
there is no break face (Mi)
or the border lines

The comedies are here edited t the commentary of Jodocus Radius Ascensius, at
that time Trechsel's press corrector, & later a printer himself. Radius
had received the permission of Guido Juvenalis to use & revise his commentary
which had been published the year before. It was Radius who caused the
woodcuts to be made so that the illiterate might be able to understand the
action from the illustrations.

Each play has its own stage set, a backdrop indicating the houses
of the dramatic personae; the set stays the same throughout one play.
Before it the action takes place; the actors, each character immediately
recognizable by his costume, are drawn t a vivid & humerous
touch.