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The following is a sample from the cento Sacra Aeneis (1618), by Etienne de Pleure, on the adoration of the Magi.The lines of Vergil used, from his Aeneid and Georgics, are indicated on the left (e.g. 6.255 points to book 6, line 255); or, if changed in the middle of a line, an asterisk separates the new quotation with its source indicated on the right.
Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi (Latin: [ˈkɛntoː wɛrɡɪlɪˈaːnʊs deː ˈlau̯dɪbʊs ˈkʰriːstiː]; A Virgilian Cento Concerning the Glory of Christ) [nb 1] is a Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 352–384) after her conversion to Christianity.
2 Examples. 3 Etymology. 4 ... Fescennine Verses (Fescennina carmina), one of the earliest kinds of Italian poetry, ... Ausonius in his Cento nuptialis mentions the ...
It is the earliest known example of a Virgilian cento, that is, a poem constructed entirely out of lines and half-lines from the works of Virgil. The poet used Virgilian hexameters for the spoken parts of the play, and half-hexameters for the choral parts.
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A member of one of the most influential aristocratic families, she composed the Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a cento composed with verses by Virgil re-ordered to form an epic poem centred on the life of Jesus.