MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 52

Decoration

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials (partly rubbed). School of Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna . (Pächt and Alexander ii. 133, pl. XIII)

fol. 1v

• Title 'Iste versus sunt ouidij...'
• Type initial P
• Subject Half-figure of a bearded man in a hat and gown bordered with ermine, holding an open book.
• Title 'Ille sunt quatuor versus...'
• Type initial I
• Subject Head and shoulders of a young man.

• Title Book I
• Type initial A
• Subject Sailing boat with Aeneas and armed Trojans (much damaged).

• Title Book II
• Type initial C
• Subject Venus in converstation with Aeneas.

• Title Book III
• Type initial P
• Subject Aeneas looking back at a burning house.

• Title Book IV
• Type initial A
• Subject Half-figure of Dido, stabbing herself in the throat with a dagger.

• Title Book V
• Type initial I
• Subject Dido, bleeding from the neck wound, lying on her deathbed. Mourners stand behind.

• Title Book VI
• Type initial S
• Subject Sibyl and Aeneas look at a devil coming out of the flames of hell.

• Title Book VII
• Type initial T
• Subject Four half-figures of armoured warriors.

• Title Book VIII
• Type initial U
• Subject Aeneas, surrounded by armoured warriors, grasps the hand of Pallas.

• Title Book IX
• Type initial A
• Subject Armoured warriors before the gates of a tower.

• Title Book X
• Type initial P
• Subject Aeneas and Melentius fighting with shields and spears on horseback.

• Title Book XI
• Type initial C
• Subject Aeneas, standing behind the body of Pallas, raising a bloody sword; another wounded soldier to the right.

• Title Book XII
• Type initial T
• Subject Aeneas and Turnus in combat on horseback.