Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.

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17536i
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Based on Eclogue IV which has been seen as both a prophetic vision and precusor to the Christian story. The Eclogue tells of the birth of a child which heralds the dawn of a great era and a complete regeneration of the world

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1 print : woodcut ; image 11.6 x 14.2 cm

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D. Comparetti, Vergil in the Middle Ages, London 1966, p.p. 99-103

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Wellcome Collection 17536i

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