Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes [excerpts]

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General Information

Title Tusculanae disputationes [excerpts]
Shelfmarks Cic.MF.2018.20.08
Material Paper
Place of Origin England
Date of Origin 1551-1600
Script, Hands

English secretary hand

General Remarks

Selections from Cicero's Tusculanae disputationes, with variants. 

Original Condition

Page Height at least 170 mm
Page Width at least 108 mm
Height of Written Area at least 170 mm
Width of Written Area at least 108 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns at least 170 mm
Number of Lines at least 35

Current Condition

Dimensions 170 x 108 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes [excerpts]
    • Content Description

      Selections from Book 2, with variants. Variants include altering conjugated verbs to infinitives and minor changes to word order. Written in verse format. Possibly a versified version, using excerpts from the original text, with alterations to permit rhyming. However, meter is not consistent.

      For text, cf. Dougan, Thomas Wilson. (ed.). M. Tvlli Ciceronis Tvscvlanarvm Diispvtationvm Libri Qvinqve. Cambridge: University Press, 1905. Pages 189-207

Host Volume

Title Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosium. Opera.
Date of Origin/Publication 1597
Shelfmark Mac.PB.2018.20.08
Remarks

Contemporary Oxford binding, stamped with Ker Centrepiece IV