Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 44

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    • Leiden University Libraries, VLQ 44
    • Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Lat. Q. 44
    • Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. lat. 4° 44
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 44
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Voss. lat. qu. 44
    • Leiden. University Libraries, VLQ 44
    • Leyde. Bibliothèque de l'Université, Vossianus latinus Q. 44
    • Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 44
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  • Author : Macrobe (0370?-043.?) | Cicéron (0106-0043 av. J.-C.)
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    • Script: Main part written by one scribe: ff. 1r-43v; a second contemporary hand wrote ff. 44r-v, and a third the marginal scholia, and ff. 44v, 45r, 46r.
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    • Binding: Post-medieval binding.

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  • Contains: (f. 1r) Somnium Scipionis (last part) / Cicero. - (ff. 1v-43v) Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis / Macrobius. With several pen and ink drawings, a.o. of the globe with climate zones on f. 35v (cf. Comm. 2.9). Glossed. - (ff. 44r-45r) Commentary on Macrobius. - (f. 46r) Description of the zodiac signs. - (f. 46v) Circular diagram divided in quarters depicting the interaction of the four elements and four seasons (cf. Macrobius, Comm. 1.6, 25-27). - Empty: f. 45v.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    11th century
    12th century

    Titre(s) :
    Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis (Latin) / Macrobius, and other text(s), VLQ 44
    Somnium Scipionis
    Commentarius in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis
    Descriptiones signorum zodiaci

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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  • Upper margin of f. 34 and lower part of f. 45 cut off.
  • Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).

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