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: 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.
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.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : parchment ; 170 x 99mm.
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany--12th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Virgil.--Aeneis--Manuscripts.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

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

Orbis Record: 12849384
Object ID (OID): 2004048
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/ms482.76.pdf