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Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Author: Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius

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Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis [incomplete] by Macrobius , 12th century

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Identifier: MS 16/ff. 158r-179v
Contents This section of the manuscript is a version of Macrobius's philosophical treatise, Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis ('Commentary on the Dream of Scipio'). Cicero's 'Dream of Scipio' appears at the end of his De re publica, which was written around 50 BCE. Macrobius wrote his commentary in the early 5th century.This section begins on f. 158r with the words Sic in phedrone inexpugnabilium...
Dates: 12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including ten texts