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Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Cycles / Manuscripts / Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 2761
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book X: Aeneas and Pallas, son of Evander, come to support the Trojans in the camp, Pallas is killed by Turnus / vv. 888-908: Aeneas attacks the horse of Mezentius so that it throws him off, and then kills him with a sword
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book X: Aeneas and Pallas, son of Evander, come to support the Trojans in the camp, Pallas is killed by Turnus / Historiated initial

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Or the illumination could depict Turnus killing Pallas.

Artist or creator

Italian

Date

14th century

Location

Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 2761

Book, text or document (source of image)

Vergil. Aeneid. Folio: 107r.

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