Homère et Virgile illustrés dans les manuscrits tardo-antiques : incertitudes et évidences

Abstract Homer and Virgil Illustrated in Late Antique Manuscripts: Uncertainties and Evidences Here we reconsider three illustrated manuscripts featuring the works of Homer ( Ilias Ambrosiana ) and Virgil ( Vergilius Vaticanus , Vergilius Romanus ) that are still extant (if not complete). The main proposals successively formulated as to them are re-discussed; it appears that, in fact, many uncertainties remain as to when and where they were produced, as well as the religious orientations of their recipients. We also aim to highlight the two methods attested in these early codices — the repetition of the text via a high number of images, and a re-articulation of contents through means of frontispieces — both of which form a prelude to something that continued in the Middle Ages.