COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 478 [c]
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL022628tr
Image Title:
Virgil, 'Aeneid'
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Classical literature
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Virgil
Source Title:
Aeneid
Section:
Book I
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 3 478
Description:
Fragments 478 [a-c] are from the same codex of Virgil's 'Aeneid'. Each page contained twelve to thirteen verses. The height of a full page would have been 360 mm and the width 240 mm. The recto precedes the verso. The Latin and Greek translation are in parallel columns. The Latin has been translated into Greek, word for word, with no thought to the context. Acquired in 1920.
Date created:
4th century CE
Time period covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
Language:
Latin
Language code:
lat
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Interrelation fragments:
Papiri Milanesi I (Milan): fragment from the same codex
Interrelation fragments:
Greek Papyrus 478 [a-b]: fragments from the same codex
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyrus 479.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Greek & Latin Papyri in The John Rylands Library at Manchester. E.A. Lowe, 'Codices Latini Antiquiores', II, no.227.
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:
grc0478cr
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2005
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Virgil, 'Aeneid'
