YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 1157
Italy, [circa 1075-1099]
Virgil, Georgica.
In Latin.
1 leaf : parchment ; 305 x 195 mm.
Material is open for research.
Manuscript fragment of Book 1, lines 61-120 of Virgil's Georgics.
Previously owned by Bernard Rosenthal. Schøyen MS 61. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch,
Ltd., (Sotheby's sale, London, 2012 July 10, lot 8) on the Herman W. Liebert Fund,
2012.
Layout: single column.
Script: Beneventan miniscule, in brown ink.
Fifteenth-century marginalia on verso.
Virgil, Georgica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale
University.
Subjects:
Virgil. -- Georgica.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Pastoral poetry, Latin.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy -- 11th century.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.