MACROBIUS, " Commentarii in somnium Scipionis," preceded by the text of the work itself, the heading to which is " Sonnium Publii Scipionis Affricani a Marco Tullio Cycerone descriptum et a Macrobio Ambrosio expositum." Heading to the commentary: " M... 1095-1499

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...

Blasius, Franciscus, pro serenissimo Dominio Veneto cohortum ductor in Cypro

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Epithet: pro serenissimo Dominio Veneto cohortum ductor in Cypro British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x00028a ...

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

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Epithet: Roman philosopher, statesman and orator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000145 The maker of the translation is unknown From the guide to the Laelius de amicitia, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, in English translation, ca.1700, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Gilman received his A.B. from Harvard in 1811. From the description of Cicero's treatise on the decline of l...

Macrobius

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Dunn, George, of Woolley Hall Maidenhead

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Epithet: of Woolley Hall Maidenhead British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000019 British steel-plate engraver and lithographic printer employed by the Confederate Treasury Department, in Columbia, S.C. From the description of George Dunn papers, 1862 Feb. 1-1863 June 17. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 29927300 ...

Drury, Henry Joseph Thomas, Master of the lower school at Harrow

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Epithet: Master of the lower school at Harrow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0003ac ...