Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.4.18
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- Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
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- MS Gg.4.18
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- Date
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- 1410
- Language
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- Middle English
- Latin
- Title
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- De Consolatione Philosophiae (Consolation of Philosophy)
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- Boèce (0480?-0524)
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- Boethius, -524
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- 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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- John Walton (13..-14..)
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- Translator
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- Walton, John, ....-1410?
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- John Walton
- John Walton (fl.1410)
- Walton, John, -1410, author.
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- Description
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CUL MS Gg.4.18 is an early 15th century Middle English verse translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae by John Walton, Canon of Oseney. The manuscript contains the prologue and all five books. De Consolatione Philosophiae was written by Boethius in the 6th century AD as a dialogue between himself and the allegorical figure of Lady Philosophy. The many translations of Boethius's work into Old and Middle English, by King Alfred in the late 9th century, by Chaucer in the 13th century, and John Walton in the beginning of the 14th century are a testament to the text's popularity and influence in the Middle Ages.
On the earliest provenance of the text itself and Gg.4.18's relation to the text and other manuscripts containing it, Thomas Tanner states in Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica that John Walton was commissioned to the job by Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Lord Thomas Berkeley. There are nineteen extant manuscripts containing Walton's translation. In his 1927 edition, Mark Science traces the genealogy of the then fourteen known medieval manuscripts of John Walton's translation of Boethius' De Consolatione Philosophiae. M. Science refers to MS Gg.4.18 as 'C', and classifies it as part of the B group. By conducting a comparative reading of errors across the fourteen manuscripts, M. Science identifies the B group as the group of manuscripts closet to the original translation. In addition to CUL MS Gg.418, the B group also includes Oxford, New Hall 319.
Anni Haahr Henriksen, St. Catharine's College.
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