Create an Amazon Business Account
Roman Virgil
Vatican, MS Vat. lat. 3867, fol. 163r
5th century
Virgilio Romano: Eneide
Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia.
The Vergilius Romanus (Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867), also known as the Roman Vergil, is a 5th-century illustrated manuscript of the works of Virgil. It contains the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. It is one of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts. It is 332 by 323 mm with 309 vellum folios. It was written in rustic capitals with 18 lines per page.
The Vergilius Romanus was produced in an undetermined province.