Dido's mourning, illuminated I from book 5 (Aeneid, Bodleian, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 52, f42r)
Image series :
Notice précédente Notice n°6 sur 13 Notice suivante
Date :
Between 1375 and 1400
Type of image :
Enluminure
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Storage Location :
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 52
Description
Virgil does not recount Dido's funeral, but her agony at the end of Book 4. Once again, the image extends the previous book rather than illustrating what's to come.
History :
2. Folio 42 recto.
Image composition :
Lettre historiée
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Technical Data
Notice #025315
Image editing :
Image web