De consolatione philosophiae
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De consolatione philosophiae
2052977
Description
- Title
- De consolatione philosophiae
- Creator
- Boethius, -524
- Published / Created
- 1430.
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Written in round gothic bookhand by one scribe.
Historiated initial with partial border contains the portrait of Boethius (f. 14r); four illuminated initials of similar design and colors (dark red, red-orange, green, blue, gold) on ff. 6r, 12v, 22r, 29v (beginning of Books II-V). Small initials and paragraph marks in red throughout.
Binding: Date? Original sewing on two thick, slit leather straps, the endbands sewn on leather cores. Flush beech boards with straps laced through tunnels in the edge to channels slanted up to the outer face. The ends of the straps therefore protrude well above the face. Straps nailed and endband cores laid in V shaped grooves and nailed. The spine and about one quarter of the boards covered by brown calf with a nailed parchment strip at the edge, fragments only remaining. No adhesive on the spine. Channels for straps cut in the upper board. Holes for pins in the lower, but no marks of pin plates. This binding could be contemporary or 19th-20th century. It is interesting to note that the manuscript was bought because of the binding and not because of the text. - Provenance
- Purchased from Gabriel Wells in 1935 with funds from the Yale Library Associates.
- Extent
- ff. 36 : 246 x 176 (190 x 132) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 61
- Related Resource Online
-
View a detailed description.
View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Boethius, -524.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Consolation
Dialogues, Latin
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
-
Boethius, -524
Consolation > Early works to 1800
Dialogues, Latin
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9800851
- Object ID (OID)
- 2052977
Manifest Link
