MS. Auct. F. 6. 5
Summary Catalogue no.: 1856
Contents
Language(s): Latin
De consolatione philosophiae
, Rubric: Anitii. Mallii. Seuerini. Boetii. ordinarii. Philosofice consolationis Liber primus incipit
The colophon adds 'patricii' after 'ordinarii' and gives the usual title 'De consolatione philosophie'.
(fol. vii)
Incipit: Tempore Theodorici regis
Accessus to art. 1.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vii + 80 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 8 × 5.375 in.
Decoration
Miniatures: Boethius writing his book (fol. vii verso), and Boethius in prison with a cord round his neck listening to Philosophy, and attended by two persons blowing trumpets: at top is an eagle with expanded wings.
Diagram.
Historiated initial. (P&A iii. 103, pl. X)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by William Harwood, prebendary of Winchester, in 1611.
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, III (1973), no. 103 [decoration, date, origin]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, decoration, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-19: Description revised to include all information in SC.