Ambr. C 222 inf., f. 359v

F. 360r of manuscript Ambr. C 222 inf. preserves verses 54-103 of the sixteenth Idyll, begun on folio 359r. The page follows a straightforward layout in two columns: the inner column, reserved for the poetic text, is narrower and slightly shifted toward the centre of the page, while the outer margin is taken up by the scholia, written in a noticeably larger script than the poem itself. This device gives greater prominence to the exegetical material, which visually outweighs the poetic text.

Even so, the overall impression is one of balance, thanks to the relatively modest amount of commentary attached to these lines. This allowed the scribe to adopt a neat, symmetrical mise en page without making use of the upper margin.

Equally striking is the expanse of white space in the lower half of the page, below the end of the Idyll: a deliberate emptiness that provides visual breathing space and, at the same time, serves as a graphic pause leading into the next poem. In this way, the scribe shows a consistent concern to align poetic text with its commentary, planning the layout folio by folio whenever the material allowed.