Ambrosian Iliad
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The Ambrosian Iliad (Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205 Inf.) is a 5th century illuminated manuscript of the Iliad of Homer. It is thought to have been produced in Constantinople during the late 5th or early 6th century, specifically between 493 and 508, on vellum. This time frame was developed by Ranuccio Bandinelli and is based on the abundance of green in the pictures, which happened to be the color of the faction in power at the time[1]. It has since been reduced to a series of miniatures cut out of the manuscript. It is one of the oldest surviving illustrated manuscripts. In addition, it is the only surviving portion of an illustrated copy of Homer from antiquity and, along with the Vergilius Vaticanus and the Vergilius Romanus, one of only three illustrated manuscripts of classical literature to survive from antiquity.
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- ^ Randall, Lilian. "Byzantine Studies and other Essays". American Journal of Archeology. Accessed 29 October 2007.
