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