A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Rawl. poet. 151

Summary Catalogue no.: 14643

Contents

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae

English translation by John Walton (1410)

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 965)

Binding

Original oak boards covered with leather.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.