Aeneid (fragment).

Description

Title: Aeneid (fragment).
Creator: Virgil
Published / Created: [11--].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Vergil's Aeneid containing portions of Books 2 and 3, including a section of the Pseudo-Ovidian Prologue to Book 3.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: a portion of the initial "P" of Book 3 is preserved, written in red; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in brown in a mixture of rustic capital and uncial forms; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: A leaf from the same manuscript was sold to a private collector by Maggs Bros. Ltd., in 1982; folio 2 of the Beinecke fragments was used as the spine in the binding of a book and the Maggs leaf formed the wrappers for the front and back covers of this volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 170 x 99mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 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
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Vergil, Aeneid (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.