Miniature decoration in the Vatican Virgil: A study in late antique iconography
by Stevenson, Thomas B
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 3803040094
- ISBN 13
- 9783803040091
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Verlag E. Wasmuth, 1983 8vo (24.5 cm), 135 pp, 22 leaves of plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The Vatican Virgil may be said to hold pride of place among all the great treasures of the Vatican Library on two counts. For, despite its ruinous state - it comprises one fifth its original leaves - it is the earliest surviving copy of Virgil, as well as a unique relic of classical literary book illustration. It is just those two factors, the late date of the manuscript, vis a vis the pictorial classicism of its miniatures, which have given rise to a scholarly debate which has not yet been resolved: are the miniatures copies or original.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006089
- Title
- Miniature decoration in the Vatican Virgil: A study in late antique iconography
- Author
- Stevenson, Thomas B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 3803040094
- ISBN 13
- 9783803040091
- Publisher
- Verlag E. Wasmuth
- Place of Publication
- Tubingen
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Art; Illuminated manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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