BOOKS AND LETTERS

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Jan 29, 2022
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Reading Like a Roman

The Vergilius Vaticanus is the oldest extant illustrated Roman manuscript, and in this delightful article, Alex Tadel takes us on an illustrated tour. This digitized copy (circa 400 AD) of the Vergil’s Georgics and Aeneid is also fascinating. Wikipedia Commons also hosts these illustrations from the work.

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