Commentum in Somnium Scipionis

Description

Title: Commentum in Somnium Scipionis
Creator: Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
Published / Created: [between 950 and 999].
Publication Place: Germany(?)
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio; original text by Cicero
Description: Script: Copied by one hand in Carolina.
Decoration: None; after the manuscript was dismounted, a large (15th century?) vine-scrolls design was made in red crayon over ff. 1r to 2v, the meaning of which remains unclear.
In Latin.
Extent: ff. 2 :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 10th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment.
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
Subject (Topic): Classical literature
Dreams
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
Classical literature
Dreams > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 10th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Macrobius, Commentum in Somnium Scipionis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.