Item Summary

Epic poem telling the legendary story of Aeneas.

Descriptive Information

Title
Liber duo[d]ecimus Virgilii.
Call Number
Garrett MS. 109
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcbz60d919k
Publisher
[Italy], [between 1200 and 1225]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1225
Format
Manuscript
Extent
124 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 214 x 110 (185-193 x 60-70) mm bound to 227 x 125 mm.
Provenance
Intermediate provenance unknown. Owned by Costantino Corvisieri in the 19th century. Sold by Bernard Quaritch in 1905 to Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897. Garrett's bookplate is on the inside front cover. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 241-242.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Incipit: "[A]rma uirumque cano troie qui primus ab oris, Italiam fato profugus Lauinaque uenit ..."
Explicit: "Uitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras. Explicit liber duo[d]ecimus uirgilii. Mantuani poetarum eximo, Mantua me genuit calabri rapuere [tenet nunc], Parthenope cecini pascua rura duces. Eustasius scripsit."
Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Marginal and interlinear annotations in many different hands.
Prefatory verse of 4 lines beginning "[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus Auena" (fol. 2r).
Collation: Parchment ; fol. i (later parchment) + 124 + i (later parchment) ; some quires signed ; catchwords ; modern foliation.
Layout: 38-42 long lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Books II-XII each begin with a 6- to 10-line initial painted in orange-red, olive green, and ochre formed of interlace and foliage patterns. The initial on fol. 61v decorated with animal heads. Verses preceding books 4 and 6-12 begin with a 2- or 3-line red initial. A penwork interlace sketch on fol. 101v.
Origin: Written in Italy at the beginning of the 13th century by Eustasius.
Binding Note
Later binding. Italy, late 18th or early 19th century. Calf over pasteboard, with gilt borders and a gilt stamp in each corner. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Aeneas (Legendary character)—Poetry
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
254

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e465d02e-effe-4db9-91fb-9ae3860ba37b/manifest