Ambrosian Iliad

It is thought to have been created in Alexandria, given the flattened and angular Hellenistic figures, which are considered typical of Alexandrian art in late antiquity,[1] in approximately 500 AD, possibly by multiple artists.

[5] Cardinal Angelo Mai, librarian of the Ambrosiana in the early 1800s, became convinced that the manuscript was from the 3rd century, and therefore philologically extremely important.

His actions caused the miniatures' colors to bleed through the pages and left them in the damaged state they are in today.

Today the Ambrosian Iliad is held in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, which is also the manuscript's namesake.

It was purchased from Genoese collector Gian Vincenzo Pinelli's library and added, by the famed Cardinal Federico Borromeo, to the Biblioteca Ambrosiana on 14 June 1608.

Achilles sacrificing to Zeus , folios XXXXVII
Example of Greek Uncial Text, folios XXIX
The Capture of Dolon , folios XXXIV