ALTERNATIVE TITLES – Virgilio Riccardiano – Publius Vergilius Maro: Eclogae, Georgica, Aeneis – Publio Virgilio Marón: Bucólicas, Geórgicas, Eneida – Vergil: Eklogen, Georgica, Aeneis.
FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 305 x 200 mm, 512 pp.
BINDING – Nineteenth century leather binding, with two blind borders impressed on the boards, and two leather straps with metal clasps. «Virgilius» and the shelf mark «L.IV.VII» on the spine in black ink.
ORIGIN – Italy: Florence.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century.
PATRONAGE – Unknown.
CURRENT LOCATION – Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana.
GENRE – Literature.
CONTENT – Works by Vergil: Eclogues (or Bucolics), Georgics, Aeneid.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Humanist minuscule.
SCRIBE – A signature appears on f. 254v: «Nicolaus Riccius Spinosus vocatus feliciter scripsit».
DECORATION – 88 miniatures in the lower section of the folios decorate the first page of Bucolics and Georgics, whereas the Aeneid is only decorated until the end of the third book.
ARTIST – Apollonio di Giovanni (or Apollo di Giovanni) di Tomaso, and his assistants.
STYLE – Renaissance.
EXTERNAL LINKS – Biblioteca Riccardiana.
Data sheet: Illuminated Facsimiles
Bucolica; Virgile Riccardien; Fiorentino
FACSIMILE EDITION
Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document. The facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document. The binding corresponds to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment.
Publisher – ArtCodex / Incipit edizioni d’arte (Castelvetro di Modena / Modena, 2002).
Series – Collectio Maior.
Limited edition – 999 copies.
Writing material – Special aged like-parchment paper.
Binding – Handmade leather binding.
Commentary (Italian) – Sicilia, Francesco; Siliani, Simone; Paolucci, Antonio; Lazzi, Giovanna; Ceccanti, Melania; Martinelli, Cecilia; Geymonat, Mario; Bartoletti, Guglielmo.
Slipcase – The facsimile and the commentary are issued in a wooden slipcase.
ISBN – 9788861800069 (commentary).
Copyright photos: Illuminated Facsimiles, ArtCodex
