Virgil — 14th century, end; Italian, Bologna

Title

Virgil — 14th century, end; Italian, Bologna

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 52

Place of origin

Italian, Bologna

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials (partly rubbed). School of Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna . (Pächt and Alexander ii. 133, pl. XIII) fol. 1v Title 'Iste versus sunt ouidij...' Type initial P Subject Half-figure of a bearded man in a hat and gown bordered with ermine, holding an open book. Title 'Ille sunt quatuor versus...' Type initial I Subject Head and shoulders of a young man. fol. 2r Title Book I Type initial A Subject Sailing boat with Aeneas and armed Trojans (much damaged). fol. 12r Title Book II Type initial C Subject Venus in converstation with Aeneas. fol. 22v Title Book III Type initial P Subject Aeneas looking back at a burning house. fol. 32v Title Book IV Type initial A Subject Half-figure of Dido, stabbing herself in the throat with a dagger. fol. 42r Title Book V Type initial I Subject Dido, bleeding from the neck wound, lying on her deathbed. Mourners stand behind. fol. 54r Title Book VI Type initial S Subject Sibyl and Aeneas look at a devil coming out of the flames of hell. fol. 66v Title Book VII Type initial T Subject Four half-figures of armoured warriors. fol. 78r Title Book VIII Type initial U Subject Aeneas, surrounded by armoured warriors, grasps the hand of Pallas. fol. 88v Title Book IX Type initial A Subject Armoured warriors before the gates of a tower. fol. 100r Title Book X Type initial P Subject Aeneas and Melentius fighting with shields and spears on horseback. fol. 112v Title Book XI Type initial C Subject Aeneas, standing behind the body of Pallas, raising a bloody sword; another wounded soldier to the right. fol. 125v Title Book XII Type initial T Subject Aeneas and Turnus in combat on horseback.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Virgil, Aeneid

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 52

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume