VIRGILIVS POETARVM EXCELLENTISSIMVS

[represented in Roman capitals as if inscribed on the top edge of a marble plaque below the portrait]

 

VLTIMA CVMEI IAM VENIT CARMINIS ETAS

MAGNVS AB ETERNO SANCTORVM NASCITVR ORDO

[represented in Roman capitals as if inscribed on the front of a marble plaque below the portrait:

cf. Bucolic IV 4-5:

Vltima Cumaei uenit iam carminis aetas

Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo]

 

virg[ili]us omn[ium p]oet[ar]um do[…]

[.. not..?]

[represented in gothic letters as if on a band decorating the poet's gown]

 

Portrait of the Poet Virgil

Ludger tom Ring der Aelter [1496-1547]

Muenster: Westfaelisches Landesmuseum fuer Kunst und Kulturgeschichte

Inv. Nr. 1175LM