Various sources in popular myths such as, Hylas and the Nymphs, were adopted form the nine surviving illustrations of the Georgics through the command of pastoral and genre scenes through vocabulary of competent artists. The illustrations in the Aeneid are mixed with the Georgics with a few mistakes, except the Georgics’ artistic ingenuity is greater than the Aeneid through illustration.[1]
Later in the first decade of the fifteenth century, in 1448, Giovanni Pontano, who was a French humanist, studied and collected the manuscript. At that time, as the manuscript lost around 164 folios. Plus, several folios were appeared to be cut by someone.[2]
- ^ Wright, David H (1993). The Vatican Vergil: A Masterpiece Of Late Antique Art. Los Angeles: University of California press. p. 2.
- ^ "Vergilius Vaticanus". Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
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