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Dear Yngve,

Pretty commonly, people use the form "I.proem.1" for the first stanza of the
proem to Book I. Hope that helps.

Donald Stump
Saint Louis University

Yngve Nordgård wrote:

> Hi
>
> This may seem trivial to you, but I wonder how to refer to FQs introductury
> stanzas (before the cantos). I mean, the first line om the first canto of
> the first book is referred to as I.i 1, right? But how do we refer to the
> lines "Lo I the man," etc.?
>
> Yours,
>
> --
> Yngve Nordgaard, graduate student of comparative literature
> University of Oslo, Norway