De consolatione philosophiaeBoethius, -524[between 1400 and 1450]latManuscript on parchment of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae. With Excerpts from the commentary of Nicolas Trevet (in margins) on Boethius, Book I.1.1 - II.5.34.In Latin.Script: Written by two scribes in an ornate and elegant gothic bookhand. 1) ff. 1v-154v; 2) ff. 155r-210v. The marginal commentary is in a neat informal batarde (ink paler than that used for text).Plain initial, 3-line, in blue at beginning of text; other initials, 2-line, in red throughout text to mark the beginning of poetry and prose sections. Title page (f. 1v): alternating lines of blue and gold.Grease stain in margins at end of codex; bottom of f. 81 trimmed.Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind-tooled. Repaired.