De consolatione philosophiae

Description

Title: De consolatione philosophiae
Creator: Boethius, -524
Contributor: Louhans, Renaut de.
Published / Created: [ca. 1400]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, translated into French by Renaut de Louhans. As the translator states in the prologue, his work incorporates material from a commentary on Boethius made by another member of the Dominican order (Nicholas Trevet) as well as his own digressions
Description: In French.
Script: Written in batarde by a single scribe.
Two intricate penwork initials, 5-line, on ff. 1r and 2r in red and blue; less detailed penwork initials, 3-line, in same colors throughout text; first letter of each verse stroked in red.
Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Brown spattered calf, with peculiarly striped turn-ins. Title, in gold, on spine: BOECE EN VER FRANC.
Provenance: Purchased by Stanley W. Childs in 1932 from Goldschmidt's for the Albert H. Childs Memorial Collection.
Extent: ff. i + 55 + i : 282 x 205 (225 x 145) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Boethius, -524.
Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328.
Dominicans
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts
Consolation
French poetry
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Boethius, -524
Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328
Dominicans > Manuscripts
Consolation > Early works to 1800
French poetry > To 1500
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.