COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 478 [a-b]
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023051tr
Image Title:
Aeneid fragment
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Classical literature
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
Source Title:
Aeneid
Section:
Volume 1
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.
Date created:
4th century
Time period covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
Language:
Latin
Language code:
lat
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
Fragment a: 208 mm
Item width:
Fragment a: 229 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Greek & Latin Papyri in The John Rylands Library at Manchester
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0478ar
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, October 2005
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Aeneid fragment
