Virgilian legends in the Middle Ages
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Medieval legends attributed magical powers to the poet Virgil. The history of these legends has been documented in the book Vergil in the Middle Ages. At the same time, Virgil was ridiculed in the tale of his suspension in a basket.
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- Vergil in the Middle Ages (1872) by Domenico Comparetti
- Master Virgil: the author of the Æneid as he seemed in the middle ages : a series of studies
- Virgilius the Sorcerer, a fairy tale about the poet Virgil by Andrew Lang
- Virgil Suspended in a Basket (Lucas van Leyden), 1525.
- Virgil the Necromancer (1934), a book by John Webster Spargo
- Vergilius fecit culex, a phrase by Alexander Neckam
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