batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l8695-l8712
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l8695-l8712
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
passage_locator:
label: THE END. / NOTES / BOOK FIRST / BOOK SECOND; lines 8695-8712
start: '8695'
end: '8712'
translation: The Aeneid of Virgil
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A notes section for Book Second gives brief philological and textual comments
on selected lines, including glosses on cavalry, manuscript omission, the meaning
of moenia, the color term caerulum, and the divine nimbus as bright light around
gods' heads.
language: English with Latin lemmata
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is headed as notes for Book Second.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note on line 30 says the phrase should be referred to horsemen and cites
Servius and Aeneid vii.716.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note on line 76 says the line is omitted with the best manuscripts.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A note on line 234 glosses moenia as including the city's other roofs or buildings,
and says city is often the nearest English equivalent in Virgil.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A note on line 381 glosses caerulum as green with black and compares its use
to the color of the sea after a storm.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: A note on line 616 explains nimbus effulgens as a bright light encircling
the heads of gods, and says it is also customary in painting.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Servius
description: A cited commentator or source for several notes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Virgil
description: The poet whose usage is discussed in the note on moenia.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: gods
description: Divine beings whose heads are described as encircled by a bright nimbus.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: cited commentator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The notes cite Servius as an authority for glosses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: poet whose diction is discussed
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The note states that a word generally has a certain sense in Virgil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: divine beings marked by nimbus
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note defines the nimbus as bright light encircling the heads of gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: divine nimbus
literal_form: bright light encircling the heads of gods
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: sea after a storm
literal_form: the color of the sea after a storm, used as a comparison for caerulum
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine radiance around the head
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note defines nimbus effulgens as a bright light encircling divine heads
and adds that this is also how it is customarily painted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an editorial or commentary note rather than a narrative episode;
no supplied taxonomy family exactly matches the motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: '8695'
quote_or_summary: BOOK SECOND
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 8697-8698
quote_or_summary: The note on l. 30 says Classibus hic locus should be referred
to horsemen, citing Servius and vii.716.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: '8700'
quote_or_summary: l. 76--Omitted with the best MSS.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 8702-8705
quote_or_summary: The note on l. 234 glosses moenia as city-related buildings or
city, citing Servius and Virgilian usage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 8707-8709
quote_or_summary: The note on l. 381 glosses caerulum as green with black and compares
it to the sea after a storm.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 8711-8712
quote_or_summary: The note on l. 616 defines nimbus effulgens as bright light encircling
gods' heads and customary in painting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is a notes section, so extraction is limited to commentary statements
and iconographic description rather than narrative events.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a comparison beyond its own commentary and citations.
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