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The Underworld from BL King's 24, f. 131v

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The Underworld from BL King's 24, f. 131v

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Miniature of Aeneas with the Sibyl at the entrance to the Underworld; with Charon in his boat and Cerberus at the gate, with faceted initial below, at the beginning of book VI of Virgi's Aeneid. Image taken from f. 131v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil'). Written in Latin.

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1450 - 1500
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British Library
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