Contents: ff. 1r-49r: Macrobius (b. c 370, d. c 435), Commentarii
in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis (Commentary on Cicero's Dream of
Scipio ), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-3r), beginning: 'Cum in
Africam venissem A Manlio consule ad quartam legionem tribunus ut
scitis militum'. Book 1 (ff. 3v-29v), beginning: 'Inter Platonis et
Ciceronis libros quos de Re Publica uterque constituit'; Book 2
(ff. 30r-49r), beginning: 'Superiore commentario, Eustathi luce
mihi dilectior fili', ending: 'quo universa philosophie continetur
integritas'. Decoration:A decorated initial 'C'(um) in red and
green with interlace decoration and a rubric in red and green
capitals. A large marginal drawing with colour wash in red, green
and brown. Diagrams in the margins with colour wash in red and
green. Small initials in red and green, line-fillers in red. Some
letters have been highlighted in red. The subjects of the diagrams
are as follows:f. 8r: A triangular-shaped diagram showing odd and
even numbers especially the number 8 (the first even number that
has a cube root) and 27 (the first odd number that has a cube
root); f. 8v: A circular diagram of the four elements linked to the
humours, in red, green and yellow; f. 26v: Circular diagrams
related to the equinox; f. 27r: A circular diagram showing the link
between the zodiac signs and the movable spheres;f. 29v: A circular
diagram depicting the earth surrounded by the atmosphere and
showing how the rain falls;f. 32r: A robed female figure
representing the world soul above a diatessaron or diagram of
musical harmonies;f. 35r: A circular diagram of the five zones of
the earth according to temperature;f. 36v: A circular diagram
demonstrating Virgil and Cicero's theories on the zones of the
earth;f. 38v: A circular diagram showing the habitable zones of the
earth; f. 49r: Three circular diagrams of the eclipses of the sun
and the moon;f. 49v: An unfinished circular diagram of an eclipse
and an unfinished table.
