Salve,
The Vatican Apostolic Library has digitalized one of two oldest surviving Late Antique manuscripts - which contains parts of the Virgil's works collection (originally the manuscript might have contained the entire Aeneid, Georgics, and Ecolgues) - nice Wiki page in French. Publius Vergilius Maro(70BC-19BC)- Roman poet writing in the Homeric epic traditions - if you have studied Latin or planing to study it, then Vergilius' works may be part of the study and enjoyment of the Latin literature.
I have corralled some horses and riders from the manuscript - end of IV century AD Romans and their mythical history.
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| the entrance to the Elysian Fields |
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| Roman imperial imagery - Trojans and king Latinus on the throne |
the other Roman manuscript held at the Vatican Library is the so called Vergilius Romanu - here a scholarly article on this late Roman manuscript.
Nota bene, two libre books, from my most favorite museum - MET, The Age of Spirituality - a catalogue of exhibit held at the MET in 1977-78 season; and the collection of articles of The Age of Spirituality, A Symposium. So if you wondering about the Late Rome and her art etc , then these works provide rather easy access to 'pre-end of history' scholarship and commentary.
valete
