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Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis

ex uarijs ac uetustissimis codicibus recogniti & aucti

Also known as Macrobii Ambrosii Avrelii Theodosii, viri consvlaris & illustris, In Somnium Scipionis lib. II ; Saturnaliorum lib. VII

by Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius, Vesaliensis Arnoldus, Marcus Tullius. Somnium Scipionis Cicero & Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. Saturnalia Macrobius

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  • 16th century
  • Languages: English, French, Italian, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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Binding: old vellum. Foredges of binding folded down over textblock. Holes for two pairs of ties at foredge Edited by Arnoldus Vesaliensis, whose ed. Gryphius first published in 1532 Text of Cicero's Somnium Scipionis (a2r-a6r) precedes Macrobius' commentary Woodcut diagrams in text. Printer's device on t.p. (Baudrier no. 1 bis). Map of Eurasia and northern Africa, i8v. Some historiated initials Signatures: a-z⁸ A-R⁸ Includes index (N4v-R7v) and "Autores, quorum testimonio in his libris usus est Macrobius" (R7v-R8v) Baudrier, H.L. Bib. lyonnaise

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Macrobii Ambrosii Avrelii Theodosii, viri consvlaris & illustris, In Somnium Scipionis lib. II ; Saturnaliorum lib. VII

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1542-01-01T00:00:00ZLvgdvni : Apvd Seb. GryphivmLatin—Public digitized item

Commentary on the Dream of Scipio

1952Columbia University PressEnglish—Borrowable

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
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