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From Flickr: “Masked annotations in Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera” by University of Glasgow Library

Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta. Additional texts. Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [1471]. Page of text from the Aeneis Lib. VI ([121v]), where lengthy marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand have been masked by the superimposition of Read More →

From Flickr: “Decorated initial and Arabic annotation in Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera” by University of Glasgow Library

Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta. Additional texts. Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [1471]. Double page opening of text ([61v]-[62r]) with principal initial ‘A’ supplied in gold on a background of white-vine decoration with marginal extensions; on the Read More →

From Flickr: “Illuminated initial in Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera” by University of Glasgow Library

Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta. Additional texts. Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [1471]. Page of text ([38v]) with a minor initial supplied in blue, and principal initial ‘H’ supplied in gold on a background of crimson and Read More →

From Flickr: “Decorated page with unidentified coat of arms in Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera” by University of Glasgow Library

Vergilius Maro, Publius: Opera. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta. Additional texts. Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [1471]. Opening page of the Bucolica ([20r]) with an eight-line initial “T” supplied in gold and set on a square ground of white-vine decoration defined Read More →