Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 223
im. On the obverse is a head of theEmperor wearing a laurel crown; the inscription runsANTONINVS AVG(nstus) PIVS P(ater) P(atriae)TR(ibnnicia) P(otestate) CO(n)S(nl) III. Nos. 221-225, 227-235. Illustrations of the Aeneid.From the Vatican .VS. of Vergil, 3225. Fourth century after Christ. This MS.… … Aeneas, with Achates behind hitn, stands on a rock onthe left. In a cave below their feet is a smithy ; a manwith a wand is directing the work. On the right rise theAvails of the city. At the bottom men are squaring blocksof stone; above is another workman similarly employed.Notice especially the…
Classical antiquities
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