In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Emma Guest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Great question, David, and as an art historian I haven't the least idea of >how to answer it! I do have a second part to it. Who decides or how does >one decide whether to use Virgil or Vergil? Is it an American v English >question? In Italian he is always "Virgilio" I don't recall ever seeing >"Vergilio" even though in the 15th c. Poliziano proved that the correct >spelling is "Vergilius" not "Virgilius". Thoughts on "i" v "e" would also >be most appreciated. I had always blamed the i on interference from virgo_, cf. the poet's nickname Parthenias (and Milton, the Maid of Christ's). So too the sweetest maid in Rome became Virginia instead of Verginia.
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