Note 092
Bibliothecae comptos ebore ac vitro parietes, &c., (Consol. Phil. l. i. pros. v. p. 74.) The Epistles of Ennodius (vi. 6, vii. 13, viii. 1 31, 37, 40) and Cassiodorus (Var. i. 39, iv. 6, ix. 21) afford many proofs of the high reputation which he enjoyed in his own times. It is true, that the bishop of Pavia wanted to purchase of him an old house at Milan, and praise might be tendered and accepted in part of payment.

Extra note by the Rev. H. H. Milman 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)

Gibbon translated vitro, marble; under the impression, no doubt that glass was unknown.

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