Manuscrit of Ovid's Metamorphoses. (Les M閠amorphoses d'Ovide)Parchment . Late 11th - early 12th centuryThis manuscript produced in Bari is the oldest illuminated exemplar known to us today. Ovid; Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC - 17/18 AD); was a Roman poet.The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem considered Ovid's magnum opus. Comprising 11;995 lines; 15 books and over 250 myths; the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.- Naples. Biblioteca Nazionale 'Vittorio Emanuele III'2018