Macrobii Ambrosii Aurelii Theodosii uiri consularis & illustris in somnium Scipionis libri II. : Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libri VII. ex uetustissimis manuscriptis codicibus recogniti & aucti. / Ioach. Cam. lectori.
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (fl.early 5th century)
Category
Books
Date
1535
Materials
Place of origin
Basel
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3190022
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40], 334, [2] p. : ill. ; fol. Running number: 4836. Provenance: manuscript initial on third front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on third front fly-leaf: "Joannes Henrici Oùwens / Su[u]m ex libris Joannis Henrici Oùwens emptus viginti & qùinq[ue] festertijs" (Ouwen not identified). Manuscript marginal annotations and underscoring of text. Binding: seventeenth-century blind-tooled vellum, totally detached from text block (sewing supports are broken); single fillet border; decorative strapwork centrepiece stamp. Red and blue sprinkled edges. Strips of binder's vellum manuscript waste line spine.
Makers and roles
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (fl.early 5th century), author Camerarius, Joachim, editor