Manuscript component part. Latin. Listed as text 4 of "Humanistic Collection" (Case MS 93.6) in Catalogue of the pre-1500 western manuscript books at the Newberry Library page 180. The attribution to Donatus is sometimes questioned. Consists of only the opening passages, ending with: Audi inquit quo pacto id conijtio. Quo queda[que]. After line 24, it departs from the printed text and ends with a conversation between Virgil and Caesar Augustus. The vita, in its complete form, is found in many early editions of Virgil; this version varies slightly in the wording. Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in hard-point. Script: Written in Humanistic script. Decoration: Some initials in blue. Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century.
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