This collection of new essays locates Boethius' Consolatio Philosophiae in the medieval context of Latin learning and vernacular translations. The first part is devoted to the Latin commentary tradition, while the other parts explore the vernacular traditions.
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This collection of new essays locates Boethius' Consolatio Philosophiae in the medieval context of Latin learning and vernacular translations. The first part is devoted to the Latin commentary tradition, while the other parts explore the vernacular traditions.
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Good with no dust jacket. 9004108319. viii + 373 pp + plates. Bibliography, Index of Manuscripts; Index of Names & Places. Most articles in English, some in French, German. Original green cloth with bright gilt is clean, just a few scuffs. Interior front end papers have extensive blue ink notes on other sources, otherwise clean and fresh. Priced to reflect condition. Includes: Latin Tradition: The Glosa as Instrument for the development of Natural Philosophy William of conches' Commentary; Scholastic context of the Commentary by Nicholas Trevet; Le traite de Pierre d'Ailly sur la Consolation question 2. The Middle Dutch Tradition: Latinitas in Middle Dutch Literature; Consolation in Late Medieval Dutch Literature; The Medieval Dutch Tradition of Boethius' C.P.; The Transition of Academic Knowledge, Scholasticism in the Ghent Boethius and Other Commentaries; Other Vernacular Traditions (English, French, Italian, German): Placing Walton's Boethius; The Medieval French Tradition; Hinweise zur Consolatio hilosophiae in Norditalien; The German Boethius Translation Printed in 1473 in Its Historical Context.; 8vo-over 7"-9" tall.