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Publio Virgilio Marone

The Medici Codex of Virgil, 1931

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€ 80 - 120

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€ 166

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Information

Rome, The State Library, 1931. 210 x 165 mm. Copy n. 442/555. Parchment binding, with closing ribs. Casket.

Specialist Notes

Called the Mediceus Laurentianus or Vergilius Mediceus, it is a famous codex written in Rome in the mid-century. V which contains the most complete text transmitted to date of the three major works of Virgil.