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Vergilius Romanus

5th century illustrated manuscript
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Vergilius Romanus
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Summary

Vergilius Romanus is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of illuminated manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: parchment[3]
  • Collection: Vatican Library[4]
  • Inventory number: Vat. lat. 3867[5]
  • Commons category: Roman Vergil[6]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[7]
  • Publication date: 500[8]
  • Work available at URL: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.3867[9]
  • Number of pages: 309[10]
  • Height: 33.2 cm[11]
  • Width: 32.3 cm[12]

Why It Matters

Vergilius Romanus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 15
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'r
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, uk, ro */ Add the Latin name, as da:Illumineret manuskript and uk:Vergilius Vaticanus use it, and descriptions after it:Virgilio romano"
  2. 11w ago · Regisrob · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → illuminated manuscript
    Publication date → —
    Biblissima authority id → Karl Schulze
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+33.2'}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, it, fr */ import biblissima id (aligned bav shelfmarks) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/d850cba06e1|details]])"
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