Detail View: Papyri Collection: Aeneid fragment
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Reference number:
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Greek P 478 [a-b]
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Side:
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verso
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Image Number:
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JRL060206dc
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Image Title:
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Aeneid fragment
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Subject:
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Classical literature
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Virgil
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Source Title:
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Aeneid
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Section:
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Volume 1
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. 3 478
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Description:
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Two fragments (a and b) of a manuscript of Aeneid I. Latin text with a word for word Greek translation. Both Latin and Greek texts were written by the same scribe, although there are corrections to the verses by at least one other hand. Verso is blank.
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Date created:
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4th century CE
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Time period covered:
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1500 - 750 BCE
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc
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Language:
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Latin
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Language code:
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lat
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Item height:
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Fragment a: 208 mm
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Item width:
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Fragment a: 229 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Bibliography:
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Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0478av
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2005-12-08
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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