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Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library, MS 12

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Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library
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  • MS 12
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Date
  • 15th century
Title
    • De consolatione philosophiae
    • De consolatione philosophiae (The consolation of philosophy)
    • La Chastelaine de vergi
    • La Regale du monde
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Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Robert Hare (1530?-1611)
    Role
    • Former owner
    Original form
    • Hare, Robert
    • Robert Hare
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  • Preferred form
    • Boèce (0480?-0524)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Boethius, -524
    Other form
    • BOECE
    • BOETIUS
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (0480?-0524)
    • Boèce
    • Boezio
    • Boèce (0480?-0524)
    • Anicius Manlius Boethius
    • Boethius
    • Boece
    • Boetius
    • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
    • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius
    • Boecius
    • Boecii
    • Anilius Manlius Severinus Boethius
    • Anicii Manlii Severini Boëtii
    • ANICUS MANLIUS BOETIUS
    • BOETHIUS
    • Boèce 0480?-0524
    • Boeci, ca. 480-524 o 5
    • Boecio, Anicio Manlio Torcuato Severino
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus 480-524
    • Boethius, d. 524
    • Author: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus
    • Translator: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus
    • Boethius (c.480-524)
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, c 480-524/525
    • Boèce (480?-524)
    • Boethius, -524, translator
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus &datl=480-524
    • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480-524)
    • Boethus <Tarsensis>
    • Boethius (-524)
    • Boèce (Boetius Anicius Mantius Severinus - 480-524) > Philosophe
    • Boèce (Boetius Anicius Mantius Severinus - 480-524)
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (ca. 480-524)
    • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, 480-524
    • Boécio, fl. 480-524
    • Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus - ca. 480 - 524 - oorspronkelijke auteur
    • Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus - ca. 480 - 524 - auteur
    • Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus - ca. 480 - 524 - auteurvertaler
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Description

  • This is an early fifteenth century translation of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy in French. This copy had once belonged to a ‘noble damoyselle of Querqueville’ on the coast of the Manche. Written in double columns, each page is full of lively, if somewhat crudely executed, illustrations to the text. Interspersed throughout the story are numerous full page illustrations of scenes from the Holy Scriptures and of the Christian saints, including a number of images which tell the story of Christ’s Passion. In M.R. James’ opinion they were probably copied from a Psalter. Earthly suffering is the theme of most of the holy images in the manuscript. Depictions of the suffering of Christ and the ordeals of the saints were included in order to reinforce the central theme of Boethius’s work.

    The Consolation of Philosophy was written by Boethius while he was in prison in Pavia awaiting execution in 524 AD. Boethius had been known as an important scholar; apart from his many works, he was responsible for the very first translations of some of Aristotle into Latin, but this, his last work, caught the imagination and remained an enduring memorial to him.

    Bound in the same volume as the Consolation, are two other works, De la Regale du Monde, an unknown poem, and La Chastelaine de Vergy, a tragic story of love. Both are written and illustrated by the same hand.

    This manuscript was a gift from Robert Hare, with his name and the date 1551 at the top of the first page.

Place
  • Preferred form
    • France
    Original form
    • France
    Other form
    • France (Paris ? Fontainebleau ?)
    • France.
    • France (?)
    • Lieu de copie : France ( ?) : cf. Hans-Collas ― Schandel, p. 327
    • France ?
    • France -- 16e siècle
    • Frankreich
    • França
    • Francia
    • Frankrijk
    • Abbaye de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadia de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abtei Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadía de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abdij van Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Région de la Loire (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • Loire Region (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Regió del Loira (Abadia de Fleury ?)
    • Región del Loira (Abadía de Fleury ?)
    • France (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • França (Abadia de Fleury?)
    • Francia (Abadía de Fleury?)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Frankreich (Abtei Fleury?)
    • Frankrijk (Abdij van Fleury?)
    • France (est : Lorraine ?)
    • França (est: Lorena?)
    • Ostfrankreich (Lothringen?)
    • Eastern France (Lorraine?)
    • Francia (este: Lorena?)
    • Lothringen
    • Lorena
    • Lotharingen
    • Lorraine
    • França (Borgonya?)
    • France (Burgundy?)
    • Francia (Borgoña)
    • France (Bourgogne ?)
    • Frankrijk (Bourgondië?)
    • France (Bretagne ?)
    • França (Bretanya?)
    • Frankreich (Bretagne?)
    • France (Brittany?)
    • Francia (Bretaña)
    • Frankrijk (Bretagne?)
    • France (ouest : Bretagne ?)
    • Western France (Brittany?)
    • França (oest: Bretanya?)
    • Francia (oeste: Bretaña?)
    • Frankrijk (westen) (Bretagne?)
    • Westfrankreich: Bretagne?
    • Bretagne
    • Bretanya
    • Bretaña
    • Brittany
    • Probably the Loire region
    • France: Auxerre or Brittany
    • France: Fleury. vicinity of Paris (Saint-Denis?) (Bischoff)
    • France: Ile-de-France (Sens?)
    • France: Fleury; Reims?
    • France (Southern France?)
    • France: Fleury
    • France: probably Auxerre
    • France: evidently Eastern France
    • Central- or southern France
    • France, Vienne
    • [France]
    • Paris (?)
    • France (Paris?) or Flanders
    • France (3rd part)
    • Strassburg (probably)
    • Paris (?) or Tours (?)
    • France (Normandy?)
    • Rouen (?) or Paris (?)
    • France: Champagne, Burgundy or Centre
    • Lyon or Luxeuil (?)
    • France (Besançon?)
    • France (Paris?)
    • France, Northern (probably)
    • Probably Eastern France
    • St. Denis near Paris (monastery) (?)
    • Tours (?)
    • France (possibly near the court)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • [Provence?]
    • France, East (?)
    • France, Northeast?
    • France, Pontigny (or Paris?)
    • France, North?
    • France, Paris?
    • France, Diocese of Limoges?
    • France, Auxerre or area
    • France, Burgundy?
    • France, Brittany or Paris?
    • France, Angers?
    • France, Normandy?
    • France, East?
    • France, Bourges?
    • France, Anjou?
    • France, Northwest?
    • France, Tours?
    • France (probably Paris)
    • France, Europe
    • SW France?
    • FR
    • [FR]
    • Frankreich (Angers?)
    • Frankrijk (?)
    • Gallia
    • Gallia (Frankrijk)
    • Gallia? (Frankrijk?)
    • Frankreich (I.)
    • Frankreich (III.)
    • Frankreich (III)
    • Frankreich (II)
    • Frankreich (I)
    • I./III. Frankreich
    • II. Frankreich
    • Frankreich (Ergänzung)
    • [Frankrijk]
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