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