Aeneid fragment

COLLECTION NAME:

Papyri Collection

mediaCollectionId

ManchesterDev~93~3

Papyri Collection

Collection

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Reference number:

Greek P 478 [a-b]

reference_number

Greek P 478 [a-b]

Reference number

false

Side:

verso

folio

verso

Side

false

Image Number:

JRL060206dc

image_number

JRL060206dc

Image Number

false

Image Title:

Aeneid fragment

image_title

Aeneid fragment

Image Title

false

Trismegistos Number:

62954

metadata_schema

Trismegistos Number

false

Subject:

Poetry

subject

Poetry

Subject

false

Subject:

Classical literature

subject

Classical literature

Subject

false

Creator Role:

Author

creator_role

Author

Creator Role

false

Creator:

Virgil

creator

Virgil

Creator

false

Source Title:

Aeneid

source_title

Aeneid

Source Title

false

Section:

Volume 1

Citation reference:

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 478

citation_reference

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 478

Citation reference

false

Description:

Two fragments (a and b) of a manuscript of Aeneid I. Latin text with a word for word Greek translation. Both Latin and Greek texts were written by the same scribe, although there are corrections to the verses by at least one other hand. Verso is blank.

description

Two fragments (a and b) of a manuscript of Aeneid I. Latin text with a word for word Greek translation. Both Latin and Greek texts were written by the same scribe, although there are corrections to the verses by at least one other hand. Verso is blank.

Description

false

Date created:

4th century CE

date_created

4th century CE

Date created

false

Time period covered:

1500 - 750 BCE

time_period_covered

1500 - 750 BCE

Time period covered

false

Language:

Greek

language

Greek

Language

false

Language code:

grc

language_code

grc

Language code

false

Language:

Latin

language

Latin

Language

false

Language code:

lat

language_code

lat

Language code

false

Item height:

Fragment a: 208 mm

item_height

Fragment a: 208 mm

Item height

false

Item width:

Fragment a: 229 mm

item_width

Fragment a: 229 mm

Item width

false

Technique used:

Handwriting

technique_used

Handwriting

Technique used

false

Support material:

Papyrus

support_material

Papyrus

Support material

false

Bibliography:

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

bibliography

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

Bibliography

false

Current repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Category:

Manuscripts

MEDIA INFORMATION

Aeneid fragment