Vergilius Augusteus
The Vergilius Augusteus is a manuscript from late
Roman author Virgil, written probably around the 4th century. There are two other collections of Virgil manuscripts, the Vergilius Vaticanus and the Vergilius Romanus. They are early examples of illuminated manuscripts
; the Augusteus is not illuminated but has decorated initial letters at the top of each page. These letters do not mark divisions of the text, but rather are used at the beginning of whatever line happened to fall at the top of the page. These decorated initials are the earliest surviving such initials.
Only seven leaves of the manuscript survive, four of which are in the
inscriptions
.
Due to its great age, it was originally believed that the manuscript was written in the time of
St. Denis in Paris
.
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Vatican folio 121 -
Vatican folio 141 -
Berlin folio 416
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References
- Alexander, J. J. G.: The Decorated Letter. New York, 1978.
- Carl Nordenfalk: Vergilius Augusteus. Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe, Codex Vaticanus latinus 3256 d. Bibl. Apostol. Vaticana u. Codex latinus fol. 416 d. Staatsbibl. Preuss. Kulturbesitz. Graz 1976 (Codices selecti phototypice impressi, 56) Complete colour facsimile edition of the 14 pp. (7 fol.) from the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (3 fol.) and from the Biblioteca Vaticana (4 fol.) in original size 420 x 345 mm. 14 ornamental letters, text in Capitalis Quadrata. All folios are cut according to the original. Binding: half leather. Scholarly commentary (German/English): C. Nordenfalk, Stockholm. 32 pp. text, 5 illustrations.
External links
- Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, MS Vat. lat. 3256: complete reproduction
- More information at Earlier Latin Manuscripts
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