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1. Commentum in Somnium Scipionis
- Creator:
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
- Published / Created:
- [between 950 and 999].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1054
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. and Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Dreams, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentum in Somnium Scipionis
2. Saturnalia
- Creator:
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 212
- Image Count:
- 236
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of Macrobius, Saturnalia
- Description:
- In Latin with passages in Greek., Watermarks, in gutter: unidentified mountain; a dragon perhaps similar in design to those produced in Ferrara in 1440s-50s, cf. Piccard Drache II.538-72., Script: Copied in humanistic cursive by a single scribe, above top line., Headings and some plain initials in red., Ink has corroded through many leaves; minor loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Brick red goatskin, blind-tooled. Bound in the same style as MS 450 and Marston MSS 72, 86, 181, 182 for the Guarnieri-Balleani library (Iesi), with the first three probably by the same binder. Written in ink on tail edge: "MACROB". Two front parchment endleaves, presumably reused from the early binding given the patterns of rust stains and wormholes, consist of undated ecclesiastical records from the diocese of Cesena.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dialogues, Latin and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Saturnalia
3. Saturnalia (fragment).
- Creator:
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
- Published / Created:
- 14th century.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.95
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment, apparently containing part of a table of contents for the Saturnalia
- Description:
- In Latin. and Script: gothica textualis rotunda.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Saturnalia (fragment).
