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MS195, f.19r
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Virgil's Georgics: agricultural pursuits
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Virgil's Georgics: agricultural pursuits
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Colville, John
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Colville, John
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Colville, John
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John Colville
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Florio, Francesco
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Florio, Francesco
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Francesco Florio
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Virgil (b.70 BC, d.19 BC)
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Virgil
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b.70 BC, d.19 BC
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Poet
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Virgil
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15th Century
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A secular book of a beauty to match contemporary devotional texts, this copy of Virgil was written in Paris by a Florentine scribe, Francesco Florio, and was decorated there, apparently by two different artists. In the foreground of this miniature illustrating the Georgics a man is filling a wine cask, another treads the wine press, others are harvesting the grapes. Behind, ploughing and sowing are taking place. Ceres, half-length in cloud, scatters seed; Minerva, also half-length, crowned with olive wreath, presides over a grove of olive trees. A city is in the distance. The Scottish royal crest, the Lion Rampant, is included in one of the illuminations. This indicates that the book was commissioned by a member of the Scottish royal family. In that case it most likely came to Scotland soon after it was made and remained here until it was given to the University Library by John Colville on his graduation in 1654. In the early days of the 'Tounis College' the Library received all its new books by way of gifts from graduating students.
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A secular book of a beauty to match contemporary devotional texts, this copy of Virgil was written in Paris by a Florentine scribe, Francesco Florio, and was decorated there, apparently by two different artists. In the foreground of this miniature illustrating the Georgics a man is filling a wine cask, another treads the wine press, others are harvesting the grapes. Behind, ploughing and sowing are taking place. Ceres, half-length in cloud, scatters seed; Minerva, also half-length, crowned with olive wreath, presides over a grove of olive trees. A city is in the distance. The Scottish royal crest, the Lion Rampant, is included in one of the illuminations. This indicates that the book was commissioned by a member of the Scottish royal family. In that case it most likely came to Scotland soon after it was made and remained here until it was given to the University Library by John Colville on his graduation in 1654. In the early days of the 'Tounis College' the Library received all its new books by way of gifts from graduating students.
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Special Collections/Main Library
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Object Lessons
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Boreland,
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Related Work Title:
Virgil. Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid
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Virgil. Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid
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Virgil
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
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Object Lessons
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ol0011
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Repro Rights Statement:
© Edinburgh University Library
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
06/08/2003 14:20:00
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