Marginal notes from BL Harley 3754, f. 162
Detail of marginal notes from a text page of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Image taken from f. 162 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with v... More
Text page from BL Harley 5261, f. 91v
Text page in book 2 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 91v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 18v-63); Aeneis, with verse preface (index Aeneid)(ff. 63v-266v); ... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 4856, p. 31
Illuminated initial 'Q'(uid). Image taken from p. 31 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues); Georgica (index Georgics)(with verse preface); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(with verse preface). Written in Latin. The "BL ... More
Trojans from BL Harley 5261, f. 161v
Historiated initial 'S'(eptimus) with the Trojans? at the beginning of the argumentum to book 7 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 161v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Geo... More
Illuminated and historiated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 148
Illuminated initial 'S'(eptimus) and historiated initial 'T'(u) with a woman in profile. Image taken from f. 148 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aene... More
Two shepherds from BL Harley 3754, f. 1
Drawing of two shepherds, one standing with his flock, the other seated, playing a pipe. Image taken from f. 1 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2755, f. 1
Decorated initial 'A'(rma) with white vine scrolls at the beginning of the text, with a decorated partial border with white vine and gold besants, and winged putti holding a blank shield in the lower margin. Im... More
Decorated initial and map from BL Harley 2533, f. 18v
Decorated initial 'Q'(uinque) with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text. Image taken from f. 18v of Buc... More
Text page from BL Harley 3754, f. 170
Text page of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Image taken from f. 170 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); variou... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3963, f. 163v
Illuminated initial 'U'(t). Image taken from f. 163v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epi... More
Sybil from BL Harley 5261, f. 143
Historiated initial 'Q'(uerunt[ur]) of the Sybil giving the golden bough to Aeneas, at the beginning of the argumentum to book 6 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 143 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2770, f. 2
Decorated initial 'A' (rma) with foliate and zoomorphic motifs. Image taken from f. 2 of Aeneid (index Aeneis) with verse preface. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieva... More
Illuminated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 114v
Illuminated initials 'Q'(uintus) and 'I'(nterea). Image taken from f. 114v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appen... More
Initial from BL Harley 2534, f. 32
Initial 'A'(rma), the first word of the Aeneid, which begins: 'Arma virumque cano'. Image taken from f. 32 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect) wit... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 5261, f. 23v
Historiated initial 'Q'(uinque) with a man pointing at the sun, moon and stars in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica. Image taken from f. 23v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)... More
Soliders from BL Harley 5261, f. 193v
Historiated initials 'N'(onus) with soldiers and ships (the battle of Latium?) at the beginning of the argumentum to book 9 of Virgil's Aeneis and 'A'(tq[ue]) with 2 men beside a sleeping king in a tent (Nisus ... More
Aeneas from BL Harley 5261, f. 125v
Historiated initials 'Q'(uintus) with Aeneas and his fleet returning to Sicily at the beginning of the argumentum and 'I'(nterea) with two men partaking in the contests held in memory of Anchises at the beginni... More
Illuminated and historiated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 131
Illuminated initial 'Q'(ueruntur)and historiated initial 'O'(buertunt). Image taken from f. 131 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid)... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 2777, f. 1
Decorated initials with reserved designs and penwork decoration at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Aeneis (index Aeneid), and a few other texts (see Notes). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 3963, f. 193
Historiated initial 'P'(anditur) with a man wearing golden armour. Image taken from f. 193 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff.... More
Battle from BL Harley 5261, f. 228v
Historiated initial 'U'(ndecimo) with a man and a woman fighting on horseback (the battle of Latium in which Camilla takes the lead) at the beginning of the argumentum to book 11 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken... More
Ships from BL Harley 5261, f. 178v
White vine initial 'P'(reparat) at the beginning of the argumentum to book 8 of Virgil's Aeneis and historiated initial 'U'(t belli) with ships at the beginning of book 8. Image taken from f. 178v of Bucolica (... More
Historiated initials from BL Harley 5261, f. 18v
Historiated initials 'Q'(uid) with agricultural activities (picking ?fruit from a tree, ploughing and sowing) at the beginning of Ovid's Georgica. Image taken from f. 18v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(... More
Man pruning vines from BL Harley 3754, f. 7
Miniature of a man pruning vines. Image taken from f. 7 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various w... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 3963, f. 57v
Historiated initial 'P'(rimus) with a man wearing a blue hood. Image taken from f. 57v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v... More
White vine initial from BL Harley 5261, f. 2v
Detail of a white vine initial 'F'(ormosum) in Virgil's Bucolica. Image taken from f. 2v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 18v-63); Aeneis, with verse preface (inde... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2644, f. 1v
Decorated initial 'A'(chelous) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Fables. Image taken from f. 1v of Liber fabularum (ff. 1-22), Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 22v-34v), Georgica (index Ge... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2533, f. 14v
Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with interlace and intertwined animals. Image taken from f. 14v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-14v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 14v-48v). Written in Latin. The "BL... More
Illuminated and historiated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 58
Illuminated initial 'A'(eneas) and historiated initial 'F'(ille) with a bearded man wearing a garland. Image taken from f. 58 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 1... More
Text page from BL Harley 5268, f. 193
Text page. Image taken from f. 193 of Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London... More
Text page from BL Harley 5261, f. 1v
Text page of Virgil's Bucolica. Image taken from f. 1v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 18v-63); Aeneis, with verse preface (index Aeneid)(ff. 63v-266v); Epitaphs,... More
Ship from BL Harley 5261, f. 96v
Historiated initial 'P'(ost) with Aeneas sailing to Thrace at the beginning of book 3 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 96v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. ... More
Historiated initial and border from BL Harley 5261, f. 1
Large historiated initial 'T'(ytire) with shepherds minding their flock combined with a full white vine and interlace border with medallions enclosing a leopard, a goat?, a head in profile with a laurel crown (... More
Historiated initials from BL Harley 5261, f. 111
Historiated initials 'U'(ritur) with Anna in discussion with Dido at the beginning of the argumentum, and 'A'(t regina) with the death of Dido (Dido on the funeral pyre and falling on Aeneas' sword) at the begi... More
Armed horseman from BL Harley 3754, f. 15
Drawing of an armed horseman. Image taken from f. 15 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various work... More
White vine initials from BL Harley 5268, f. 1v
White vine initials 'I'(lle) and 'A'(rma), epigraphic capitals, and an effaced coat of arms. Image taken from f. 1v of Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" ref... More
Full white vine border from BL Harley 2761, f. 1
Full white vine border, inhabited by birds, with a roundel of Virgil, another of shepherds minding their sheep, a large initial 'T'(itire), and, in the lower margin, a wreath, intended for arms, supported by tw... More
Soldier from BL Harley 5261, f. 247v
White vine initial 'D'(uodecimo) at the beginning of the argumentum to book 12 of Virgil's Aeneis and historiated initial 'T'(urnus) with a soldier brandishing a spear and another lying on the ground (Aeneas an... More
Colophon from BL Harley 5261, f. 63
Cypher substituting the vowels by the following consonants. Image taken from f. 63 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 18v-63); Aeneis, with verse preface (index Aene... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3963, f. 227v
Illuminated initial 'T'(urnus). Image taken from f. 227v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263);... More
Aeneas from BL Harley 5261, f. 65
Historiated initial 'A'(rma) with Aeneas standing with bow and arrow combined with a full white vine border with medallions enclosing two youths' heads at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 6... More
Shepherd with his flock from BL Harley 3754, f. 9v
Detail of a drawing of a shepherd with his flock. Image taken from f. 9v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. ... More
Virgil from BL Harley 5261, f. 64v
Miniature of Virgil reading in a landscape and white vine initial 'I'(lle) at the beginning of the prologue to Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 64v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica... More
Illuminated and historiated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 87v
Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and historiated initial 'P'(ostque) with a bearded man. Image taken from f. 87v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (... More
Soldiers from BL Harley 5261, f. 210v
Historiated initial 'P'(andit[ur]) with a soldier lying at another soldier 's feet (Aeneas?) at the beginning of book 10 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 210v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1... More
Pen-flourished initial 'P'(hoebus) from BL Harley 3754, f. 133v
Pen-flourished initial 'P'(hoebus) at the beginning of Horace's ~Odes~, Book IV, verse 15 and a blank space for an 'I'(bis) at the opening line of the Epodes. Image taken from f. 133v of Bucolica (index Bucolic... More
Aeneas and Dido from BL Harley 5261, f. 80v
Historiated initial 'C'(onticuere) with Aeneas in conversation with Dido accompanied by a child at the beginning of book 2 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 80v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. ... More
Coloured initial from BL Harley 2668, f. 1
Plain red initial at the beginning of Virgil's Eclogues. Image taken from f. 1 of Bucolica(index Bucolics, Eclogues),Georgica (index Georgics),Aeneis (index Aeneid) (imperfect). Written in Latin, with some Germ... More
Soldiers from BL Harley 5261, f. 229
Historiated initial 'O'(ceanum) with two soldiers carrying a dead body (?Camilla) at the beginning of book 11 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 229 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgi... More
Five pen-flourished initials from BL Harley 3754, f. 121
Five pen-flourished initials: 'L'(ydia), 'V'(ides), 'M'(ercuri),'T'(u), and 'Q'(uem) at the beginning of Horace's ~Odes~, Book I, verses 8-12. Image taken from f. 121 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff.... More
Illuminated and historiated initials from BL Harley 3963, f. 16v
Illuminated initial 'Q'(uid) and historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with a man climbing through vines. Image taken from f. 16v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57... More
Aeneas from BL Harley 5261, f. 143v
Historiated initial 'S'(ic fat[ur]) with Aeneas, guided by the Sibyl, entering the underworld through the cave of Avernus at the beginning of book 6 of Virgil's Aeneis. Image taken from f. 143v of Bucolica (ind... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 4098, f. 1
Historiated initial 'A'(rma) with a man in profile (probably Virgil), and an unfinished coat of arms. Image taken from f. 1 of Aeneid (omitting Book 2, lines 567-88). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 3955, ff. 37v-38
Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4. Image taken from ff. 37v-38 of Aeneid (index Aeneis). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscr... More
Lower cover from BL Harley 3963, lower cover
Lower cover of 15th-century binding. Image taken from lower cover of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. ... More
Upper cover from BL Harley 3963, upper cover
Upper cover of 15th-century binding. Image taken from upper cover of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. ... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 2726, f. 158v
Illuminated initial 'O'(ceanu). Image taken from f. 158v of Aeneid (index Aeneis), with Pseudo-Ovid (prologues). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held... More
Illuminated initial and bar border from BL Harley 2726, f. 2
Illuminated intial 'A'(rma) and foliate bar border. Image taken from f. 2 of Aeneid (index Aeneis), with Pseudo-Ovid (prologues). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval... More
Text page from BL Harley 2726, f. 194v
Text page with colophon of Franciscus de Camuciis supplied by Bartolomeo Sanvito in epigraphic captials. Image taken from f. 194v of Aeneid (index Aeneis), with Pseudo-Ovid (prologues). Written in Latin. The "... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2501, f. 1
Decorated initial 'A'(rma) at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Aeneis (index Aeneid). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the ... More