macrobius' commentarii in somnium scipionis, walters art museum ms. w.22

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A digital facsimile of selections fromWalters Ms.W.22, Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium ScipionisTitle: Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.22

Descriptive Title Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

Text title Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

Author Authority name: Macrobius, Ambrosius AureliusTheodosiusSupplied name: Macrobius

Abstract This copy of Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium Scipioniswas produced most likely in northeastern France in thelate twelfth century. The manuscript includes seven majordiagrams, of which four are original to the manuscript(fols. 38v, 41r, 43v, and 47v) and three others, includinga map of the world, were added early in the history ofthe manuscript (fols. 64v, 65v, and 66r). Additional minordiagrams demonstrating relationships in philosophical ideasor other concepts introduced in the text appear throughoutthe manuscript in the margins, added by later hands.

Date Last quarter of the 12th century CE

Origin Northeastern France (?)

Form Book

Genre Literary -- Prose

Genre Philosophical

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.

Support material Parchment

Thin to medium-weight calfskin, reasonably well prepared,with hair follicles often visible on folio surfaces; fols. 53and 64 were inserted early as replacements, sewn onto stubsstill visible in the spine; significant yellow-brown stainsthroughout from rubbing and use; some damage to folioedges with occasional trimming of upper or lower margins

Extent Foliation: i+66Evidence for endleaf i affixed to fol. 66v and later removed;fragments of the paper leaf still cling to the parchment folio

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Collation Formula: i, 1(2), 2-9(8)

Signatures: Roman numerals mark quires at lower right ofversos, II-IX

Comments: First folios of each quire on fols. 1(1), 3(2),11(3), 19(4), 27(5), 35(6), 43(7), 51(8), 59(9); fols. 1-2 arebifoliate and were added in the thirteenth century; fol. 1r is apalimpsest; quires 6 and 7 have been reversed

Dimensions 11.5 cm wide by 20.25 cm high

Written surface 8.0 cm wide by 15.0 cm high

Layout Columns: 1Ruled lines: 31Fol. 1r has 48 ruled lines

Contents fols. 1r - 66v:Title: Macrobius' Commentarii in somnium ScipionisIncipit: Inter platonis et ciceronis libros quos de republica uterque constituit. eustachi fili mihi uitaedulcedo pariter et gloria. hoc interesse prima fronteperspeximus. quod ille rem publicam ordinauit. illeretulit. alter qualis esse deberet. alter qualis essetinstituta a maioribus disseruit.Hand note: Textura, with rustic capitals and uncialsused for the first words of principal text divisionsDecoration note: Seven monochromatic diagrams inbrown ink; letters initiating text divisions colored withsmall amounts of red ink; text in brown ink

Decoration fol. 3v:Title: Marginal diagram glossesForm: Marginal diagramsText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 8v:Title: Marginal diagram glossForm: Marginal diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

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fol. 9v:Title: Marginal diagram glossesForm: Marginal diagramsText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 10v:Title: Marginal diagram glossForm: Marginal diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 20r:Title: Marginal diagram glossForm: Marginal diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 38v:Title: Diagram of climatic zonesForm: Marginal diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 41r:Title: Diagram of five celestial and five earthly zonesForm: Half-page diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 43v:Title: Diagram of the twelve zodiacal and sevenplanetary spheresForm: Half-page diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 47v:Title: Diagram of the earth and atmosphereForm: Intertextual diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 50v:Title: Lambda diagram of the world-soul from Plato'sTimaeusForm: Marginal diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 64v:Title: Map of the world

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Form: Half-page diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 65v:Title: Diagram of the DiatesseronForm: Full-page diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

fol. 66r:Title: Lambda diagram of the world-soul from Plato'sTimaeusForm: Half-page diagramText: Commentarii in somnium Scipionis

Binding The binding is not original.

Rebound in France in the nineteenth century in browncalfskin; seven groups of gilded bands on the spine,interspersed with gilded images of wheels and vessels; thetitle "CODEX PERGAMIN M.S." appears on the red labelat the top of the spine; labels showing W.22, 1029, and 749appear at the bottom

Provenance Created in the last quarter of the twelfth century, probably innortheastern France (French Flanders)

Owned by a Franciscan monk in the fourteenth century, asindicated by the inscription at the top of fol. 66r: "fratrisRaymundi Iustardinis minorum fratrum"

Owned by Abbot Luigi Celotti (ca. 1768-1846) in thenineteenth century, as indicated by "Celotti" written in pencilon the pastedown of the upper board

Sold by Abbot Luigi Celotti at Evans' London auctionon March 14, 1825 (lot no. 478), to Thomas Thorpe(1791-1851), a London bookseller

Acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps sometime between 1825and 1903; the Phillipps book stamp appears on the frontpastedown, along with the manuscript number 1029, whichalso appears at the bottom of fol. 1r and on the label at thebase of the spine

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Sold by Sir Thomas Phillipps at Sotheby's London auctionon April 30, 1903 (lot no. 749), to Bernard Quaritch Ltd., aLondon bookseller

Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1895 and 1931, bypurchase from Quaritch

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

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Kish, George. La carte: Image des civilisations. Paris: Seuil,1980, pp. 209-210, pl. 28 (fol. 64v).

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Eastwood, Bruce, and Gerd Grasshoff. Planetary Diagramsfor Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500.Transactions of the American Philosophical Held atPhiladelphia for Promoting Knowledge, Volume 94, Part 3.Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2004; pp. 61,149.

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Florea, Luminita. "Virtus Scriptoris: Steps Towards aTypology of Illustration Borrowing in Music Treatises."In Yearbook of the Alamire Foundation. Edited by BrunoBuckaert and Eugeen Schreurs, 77-96. Leuven: AlamireFoundation, 2008; p. 90 (n. 50).

Contributors Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.Cataloger: Dennis, Nathan SEditor: Herbert, LynleyCopy editor: Dibble, CharlesConservators: Owen, Linda; Quandt, Abigail

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Contributors: Emery, Doug; Noel, William; Tabritha, Ariel;Toth, Michael B.; Wiegand, Kimber

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Published 2014

The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland

21201http://www.thewalters.org/

This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

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Published 2014

The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland

21201http://www.thewalters.org/