Aeneas and Achates in front of the temple of Juno in Carthage (Aeneid, Vatican, Vat.Lat.2761, f8r)
Notice précédente Notice n°4 sur 14 Notice suivante
Date :
Between 1350 and 1400
Type of image :
Enluminure
Storage Location :
Vat. Lat. 2761
Description
The illustrator has reproduced the last bas-relief described by Virgil:
Ducit Amazonidum lunatis agmina peltis
Penthesilea furens, mediisque in milibus ardet,
aurea subnectens exsertae cingula mammae,
bellatrix, audetque uiris concurrere uirgo. (1, 490-493)
(The battalions of the Amazones, with their moon-shaped shield, have at their head the fiery Penthesileus, among her thousand companions; full of ardor, she wears fixed beneath her naked breast a golden harness, the warrior, the virgin who dares to measure herself against men.)
History :
2. Folio 8 recto.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #025349
Image editing :
Image web