Virgil, Opera omnia

AuthorVirgil

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 E 21 I-III

Origin & date Bruges, follower of Willem Vrelant (illuminator); c. 1450-1475

Physical description

Vellum, 4 vols, ff. 39, 56, 16 (129 C 5), 271, 278x198 (192x96) mm, 20 lines, littera hybrida (lettre bourguignonne). Latin. Binding: 18th-century green leather, gilt

Illumination

10 miniatures (...x... mm); decorated initials

Provenance

P.A. Bolognaro-Crevenna, purchased in 1790 at his sale by J. Romswinckel of Leyden; acquired in 1807 as part of the Romswinckel collection

Bibliography

The Hague 1980, no. 47, fig. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 396

Note

Before 1790 bound in one volume, in the order: 76 E 21 I, 76 E 21 II, 129 C 5, 76 E 21 III

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I-III
Title (index form)	Opera omnia
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Bruges
Date of origin	1450-1475
Illuminator / Master	Willem Vrelant, follower
Related names/collections	Romswinckel, J., Coll.; Bolognaro-Crevenna, P.A.
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 E
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL WV BR

33 illuminations catalogued

f. 18rminiature

The shepherds Corydon and Alexis

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

47I221 82A(ALEXIS)82A(CORYDON)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1939
Sequence (global)	7491
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	80x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	18r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_018r.jpg

f. 20rminiature

Flute-playing contest between Menalcas and Dametas with Palemon as judge

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

47I221 48A3 48C7351(+372)82A(DAMETAS)82A(MENALCAS)82A(PALEMON)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1940
Sequence (global)	7492
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	100x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	20r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_020r.jpg

f. 23rminiature

The birth of a child that will usher in a golden age

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

13E61 42A213(+0)42A22 44B153

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1941
Sequence (global)	7493
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	75x90
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	23r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'

f. 25rminiature

Mopsus and Menalcas about to play a song eulogizing Daphnis, the ideal shepherd

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

47I221 48C7351 82A(DAPHNIS)82A(MENALCAS)82A(MOPSUS)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1942
Sequence (global)	7494
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	90x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	25r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_025r.jpg

f. 27vminiature

Chromis and Mnasykis have bound the drunken Silenus with the aid of the nymph Egle

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

44G31 47I221 82A(CHROMIS)82A(MNASYKIS)92L32(AEGLE)92L4216

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1943
Sequence (global)	7495
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	80x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	27v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_027v.jpg

f. 30rminiature

Flute-playing contest between Corydon and Thyrsis with Daphnis as judge

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

47I221 48A3 48C7351(+372)82A(CORYDON)82A(DAPHNIS)82A(THYRSUS)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1944
Sequence (global)	7496
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	90x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	30r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_030r.jpg

f. 32rminiature

Damon complains to Alphesibeus about his unrequited love

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

33C213 33C219 42D3 47I221 48C7351 82A(ALPHESIBEUS)82A(DAMON)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1945
Sequence (global)	7497
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	90x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	32r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'

f. 35rminiature

Meris, Virgil's tenant, brings goats to Lyadas, the new owner of Virgil's estate

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

33A4 46C121 47I214 47I2211 48C7351(+372)82A(LYADAS)82A(MERIS)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1946
Sequence (global)	7498
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	80x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	35r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_035r.jpg

f. 37rminiature

The shepherds commiserate with Gallus, because Lycoris has left him

Volume 1: Eclogues

1450-1475

31A231(+919)33C311 33C971 47I221 48C7351(+372)82A(GALLUS)82AA(LYCORIS)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1947
Sequence (global)	7499
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	80x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	37r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_037r.jpg

f. 39vminiature

Two men ploughing

Volume 2: Georgics

1450-1475

47I123

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1948
Sequence (global)	7500
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 I
Image size (mm)	185x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	39v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl1_039v.jpg

f. 14rminiature

Farmers planting and grafting trees

Volume 2: Georgics

1450-1475

47I133 47I134

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1949
Sequence (global)	7501
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 II
Image size (mm)	60x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	14r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'

f. 28rminiature

Farmers and their livestock

Volume 2: Georgics

1450-1475

46C13141(+7432)47I21 47I211 47I212 47I212(+9432)47I213 47I221 48C7351

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1950
Sequence (global)	7502
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 II
Image size (mm)	70x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	28r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl2_028r.jpg

f. 42vminiature

Bee-culture

Volume 2: Georgics

1450-1475

47I24

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1951
Sequence (global)	7503
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 II
Image size (mm)	80x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	42v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl2_042v.jpg

f. 20vminiature

The banquet of Aeneas and Dido

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B25

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1952
Sequence (global)	7504
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	70x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	20v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_020v.jpg

f. 59rminiature (detail)

Dido and her sister Anna

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B3311

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1953
Sequence (global)	7505
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	35x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	59r _sc. 1A
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_059r.jpg

f. 59rminiature (detail)

Dido and Aeneas hunting

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B321

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1954
Sequence (global)	7506
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	35x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	59r _sc. 1B
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_059r.jpg

f. 59rminiature (detail)

Aeneas leaves Dido

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B331

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1955
Sequence (global)	7507
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	59r _sc. 2A
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_059r.jpg

f. 59rminiature (detail)

The death of Dido: she climbs the funeral pyre and falls upon the sword of Aeneas

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B332

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1956
Sequence (global)	7508
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	59r _sc. 2B
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_059r.jpg

f. 77vminiature (detail)

Aeneas lands in Sicily

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

46C24(+641)96B4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1957
Sequence (global)	7509
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	77v _sc. 1
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_077v.jpg

f. 77vminiature (detail)

A snake appears from the grave of Anchises

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B421

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1958
Sequence (global)	7510
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	77v _sc. 2
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_077v.jpg

f. 77vminiature (detail)

Aeneas attends the funeral games in memory of Anchises

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B422

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1959
Sequence (global)	7511
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	77v _sc. 3
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_077v.jpg

f. 100rminiature (detail)

Aeneas plucks the Golden Bough and goes to the underworld

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

93E3 96B53

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1960
Sequence (global)	7512
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	100r _sc. 1
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_100r.jpg

f. 100rminiature (detail)

Aeneas, conveyed to the underworld by Charon, drugs Cerberus

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B542 96B543 96B544

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1961
Sequence (global)	7513
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	100r _sc. 2
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_100r.jpg

f. 100rminiature (detail)

Aeneas' journey through the underworld; Aeneas finds Anchises

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B545 96B5482(+0)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1962
Sequence (global)	7514
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	100r _sc. 3
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_100r.jpg

f. 123rminiature

Aeneas besieges Laurentum

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B62 96B622(+0)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1963
Sequence (global)	7515
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	115x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	123r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_123r.jpg

f. 144vminiature (detail)

After his arrival in Latium, Aeneas lies dreaming of his new fatherland

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

31B3 31BB13 96B6 96C(AENEAS)5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1964
Sequence (global)	7516
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	144v _sc. 1
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_144v.jpg

f. 144vminiature (detail)

Aeneas asks Evander, king of Arcadia, to unite with him to defeat the Latins

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

32B2(LATINS)44B45 96B652

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1965
Sequence (global)	7517
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	144v _sc. 2
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_144v.jpg

f. 144vminiature (detail)

Venus brings the armour made by Vulcan to Aeneas in his sleep

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

31BB1 96B661(+0)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1966
Sequence (global)	7518
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	40x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	144v _sc. 3
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_144v.jpg

f. 163rminiature

Turnus besieges the Trojan camp

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B711

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1967
Sequence (global)	7519
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	100x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	163r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_163r.jpg

f. 184rminiature

Aeneas relieves the Trojan camp

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B7253

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1968
Sequence (global)	7520
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	110x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	184r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_184r.jpg

f. 207vminiature

Battle between the Trojans and the Latins; Arruns kills Camilla

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B821 96B823

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1969
Sequence (global)	7521
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	115x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	207v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_207v.jpg

f. 231rminiature

Aeneas kills Turnus; Queen Amata hangs herself

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96B8333 96B8344

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1970
Sequence (global)	7522
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	130x90
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	231r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'
Note	Not available = 76e21_dl3_231r.jpg

f. 255rminiature

The veneration of Aeneas

Volume 3: Aeneid

1450-1475

96C(AENEAS)79

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1971
Sequence (global)	7523
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 21 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 21 III
Image size (mm)	115x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl. Beeldplaatboek: 'The apotheosis of Aeneas'
Scene order key	255r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the 'Vraie cronicque descoce'