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The Vatican Vergil : a masterpiece of late antique art

Made in Rome around AD 400, the "Vatican Vergil" is the most famous illustrated book surviving from classical antiquity. This book introduces this masterpiece of late antique art and shows why it is such an impressive example of the new form of book, the codex, that replaced the traditional papyrus roll and permitted more elaborate illustrations.
Print Book, English, ©1993
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©1993