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MS. Florent. Riccardianus 904 contains a fragment of a Latin translation of Homer's Iliad (book I, vv. 1-525) written by Bartolomeo Della Fonte (1446-1513). This text, which is edited here with the few accompanying glosses and scholia, appears to be a revision of the version made by Leontius Pilatus in the early 1360's. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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