{"id":12123,"date":"2020-07-31T10:46:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T09:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=12123"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T10:03:43","slug":"vergilius-romanus-among-best-preserved-late-antique-codices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/vergilius-romanus-among-best-preserved-late-antique-codices\/","title":{"rendered":"Vergilius Romanus: Among the Best-Preserved Late-Antique Codices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-750x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-750x224.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Vergilius Romanus<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the most exquisite and significant\u00a0<strong>Late Antique<\/strong>\u00a0manuscripts from the Mediterranean area. The codex, also known as Virgilio Romano, was written and illuminated around the 5th century and features\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">19 splendidly depicted miniatures<\/a><\/strong>, most of them full-page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vergil and His Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Written in&nbsp;<strong>Latin<\/strong>, this codex contains \u2014 as its title suggests \u2014 the literary works of&nbsp;<strong>Vergilius Publius Maro<\/strong>, namely the pastoral verses of the&nbsp;<strong>Eclogues<\/strong>, the didactic poem of the&nbsp;<strong>Georgics<\/strong>&nbsp;and the famously known verse epic&nbsp;<strong>Aeneid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the miniatures that survived time are only&nbsp;<strong>19 out of 42<\/strong>, they are still <strong>great evidence of the pictorial art of the time<\/strong>. Most of them are full-page and depict illustrations of Vergil&#8217;s works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.84272300469483%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-03-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-03-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-03-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=750&#038;ssl=1 750w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"12109\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-04-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-04-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=750&#038;ssl=1 750w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"12108\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=12108\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-04-Facsimile-Finder.jpg\" data-width=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-04-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:59.95598591549296%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-05-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-05-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-05-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=750&#038;ssl=1 750w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"12107\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=12107\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-05-Facsimile-Finder.jpg\" data-width=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-05-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:40.04401408450705%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=750&#038;ssl=1 750w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"750\" data-id=\"12106\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=12106\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg\" data-width=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vergilius Vaticanus\u2019 Iconography: Lack of Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noticing that the images of the&nbsp;<strong>Vergilius Romanus<\/strong>, as opposed to the Vergilius Vaticanus \u2014 produced about a century earlier \u2014 take no interest in the concept of&nbsp;<strong>perspective<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>atmospheric rendering<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl alignright\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>Many decorative features of the Vergilius Romanus, such as <strong>seated author portraits<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>red borders<\/strong>, became <strong>widespread in the Medieval period<\/strong><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the figures, objects, animals, and plants inhabiting the illustrations are<strong> scattered across the scene, almost like on a tapestry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The variety of colors is not wide although intense, with white and black used to contour. Anatomical figures are concealed by the miniaturists (very possibly more than one) by placing focus and&nbsp;<strong>emphasis on the textiles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An example of this is the miniature representing&nbsp;<strong>Dido and Aeneas<\/strong>&nbsp;(fol. 100v) taking part in a banquet (image below). The composition \u2014 very&nbsp;<strong>symmetric<\/strong>&nbsp;and with a&nbsp;<strong>tripartite arrangement<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 shows how the artist avoids tackling the issue of anatomical representation, focusing on the representation of robes and ornaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-01Facsimile-Finder-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The iconography of the manuscript is certainly somewhat&nbsp;<strong>crude and basic<\/strong>, perhaps as a&nbsp;<strong>reaction to the sophisticated Byzantine culture<\/strong>&nbsp;that was making its way across the Roman Empire and that marks the end of the late classical era and the beginning of the early Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Long Journey: From the Mediterranean, to Paris, to the Vatican<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner of the work remains unknown, however, it seems certain that in the 12th century the manuscript was in the custody of the&nbsp;<strong>monastery of Saint Denis<\/strong>, Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl alignright\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>It is among the <strong>most important and best-preserved<\/strong> illustrated manuscripts from <strong>Late Antiquity<\/strong><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>About a century after, the Vergilius Romanus must have been presented to&nbsp;<strong>Pope Sixtus IV<\/strong>&nbsp;(1471-184), which fits with the earliest record of the codex in the Vatican inventory, dated to 1475.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vergilius Romanus<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0features an exquisite example of\u00a0<strong>rustic capitals<\/strong>, typical of the script are a lack of contractions and punctuation marks. This script was usually used for\u00a0<strong>deluxe<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>copies<\/strong>\u00a0of pagan authors, with Virgil being the most reproduced author (in\u00a0<strong>Capitalis Rustica<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-square\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row columns-3\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-10-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;strip=info&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vergilius-romanus-facsimile-edition-10-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?resize=750%2C750&#038;strip=info&#038;ssl=1 750w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"750\" data-id=\"12112\" 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