Editing Macrobius (section)

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Cicero's ''Dream of Scipio'' described the Earth as a globe of insignificant size in comparison to the remainder of the cosmos.<ref>Macrobius, ''Commentary on the Dream of Scipio'', transl. W. H. Stahl, (New York: Columbia Univ. Pr., 1952), chaps. v-vii, (pp. 200-212).</ref> Many early medieval manuscripts of Macrobius include maps of the Earth, including the [[antipodes]], zonal maps showing the [[Clime#Ptolemy|Ptolemaic climate]]s derived from the concept of a spherical Earth and a diagram showing the Earth (labeled as ''globus terrae'', the sphere of the Earth) at the center of the hierarchically ordered planetary spheres.<ref>B. Eastwood and G. Graßhoff, ''Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, ca. 800-1500'', ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society'', 94, 3 (Philadelphia, 2004), pp. 49-50.</ref>

Images from a 12th-century manuscript of Macrobius's ''Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis'' (Parchment, 50&nbsp;ff.; 23.9&nbsp;×&nbsp;14&nbsp;cm; Southern France). Date: ca.&nbsp;1150. Source: Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, ms. NKS 218&nbsp;4°.

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|File:Macrobius.jpg|Initial E shaped in the form of a writing man, probably representing Macrobius himself.
|File:Macrobius, universe with the earth in the centre.jpg|The Universe, the Earth in the centre, surrounded by the [[classical planet]]s, including the sun and the moon, within the zodiacal signs.
|File:Macrobius, climatic zones.jpg|The five [[clime]]s of the Earth. Frozen climes in yellow; Temperate climes in blue; Torrid clime in red.
|File:Macrobius, mappa mundi.jpg|Sketch map showing the inhabited northern region separated from the [[antipodes]] by an imagined ocean at the [[equator]].
|File:Macrobius, lunar eclipse.jpg|Diagram showing a lunar eclipse.
|File:Macrobius, solar eclipse.jpg|Diagram showing a solar eclipse.
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