Aeneid (fragment).

Description

Title: Aeneid (fragment).
Creator: Virgil
Published / Created: [ca. 1150]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Virgil's Aeneid, book 1, lines 513-543 and 547-576
Description: In Latin.
Layout: single column of 31 lines on recto, 30 lines on verso.
Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica, with ascenders sometimes notched, and uncial d and tall d.
The leaf is from a small format pocket-sized manuscript. Trimming affects text at the top of the page, and text on verso is faded and obscured in places by staining.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 153 mm x 81 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval. England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Virgil.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Virgil
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Virgil, Aeneid (Takamiya MS 88). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.