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Vergilius Vaticanus



The Vergilius Vaticanus (also known as the Vatican Virgil) is an illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics made in Rome in about 400. It is one of the oldest surviving sources for the text of the Aeneid and is the oldest and best preserved extant illustrated manuscript of classical literature.



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