Entellus and Dares wrestling from BL King's 24, f. 88

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Entellus and Dares wrestling from BL King's 24, f. 88

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Miniature of the two youths (Entellus and Dares) wrestling in the nude, and in background; ships weighing anchor and the sacrifice of a bull on the shore of Actium, at the beginning of book III of Virgil's Aeneid and decorated initial 'P'(ostquam). Image taken from f. 88 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil'). Written in Latin.

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1450 - 1500
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British Library
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