Dear Peter, I have not found many illustrations for the fourth Bucolic. At the most some manuscripts have decorated initials, and there is one 15th c. ms in Spain with an illumination for B4. It shows V writing and a room with the child in a cradle and two more people. This ms is the only one that contains a separate illustration for each poem. It was painted in Naples in the 1470s. I haven't seen any colored sheep! I'm guessing the ones you are refering to are from after the 1520s and are printed books. Mind you I only looked at Italian mss and incunabula, so there may be examples from other countries I am unfamiliar with.
Best, Emma -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:53 PM To: mantovano@virgil.org Subject: VIRGIL: Re: Illustrations of the Fourth Eclogue in Renaissance art? Emma, Congratulations on the completion of your dissertation! I'd very much like to know if you found many illustrations of the Fourth Eclogue in Renaissance art. Although some have found the coloured sheep silly, I have always liked them. Depictions of the Fourth Eclogue seem to me to be rare, at least in the illustrated editions of Virgil I know, where I have only seen a few representations of a mother and child. It would be very pleasing to me if a Renaissance artist depicted those sheep!. Best wishes, Peter Dennistoun Bryant Perth Australia P.S. I am very glad that David and the Mantovani are still extant: I enjoyed the discussion on Erichtho, and Leofranc Holford-Strevens' contribution in particular.Having mentioned him I can heartily recommend his eruditely entertaining "The Oxford Book of Days" which I have only just acquired. Quoting VIRGIL Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:16:55 -0400 > From: "Emma T.K. Guest-Consales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: VIRGIL: Comparetti's "Virgilio nel Medioevo" available > online > > Thanks for posting the Comparetti link, David. > > Also, I would like to inform the list that I recently completed my > dissertation in art history at Rutgers University: "The Illustration > of Virgil's "Bucolics" and its influence in Italian Renaissance Art." > I would be happy to post the abstract to the list, if that would be > appropriate. > > Best, > Emma Guest > ============================================================================ === ============================================================================ === ============================================================================ === ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
