De consolatione philosophiae; 1410
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Description
- Title
- De consolatione philosophiae; 1410
- Creator
- Walton, John, d. 1410
- Contributor
- Boethius, -524.
- Abstract
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John Walton's translation of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae. Written on vellum in Anglicana formata script in England in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. The manuscript lacks the first quire, including the Preface and Prologue as well as stanzas 1-67.
- Description
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In Middle English.
The manuscript was copied by a scribe whose hand is also seen in several other vernacular manuscripts: Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 207 (John Gower, Confessio amantis), London, British Library, MS Arundel 119 (Lydgate, Siege of Thebes), and Tokyo, Private Collection, MS 54 (South English Legendary, second hand).
Fifteenth-century inscription on front flyleaf recto (erased): "Ego domina Elizabeth domina de [?riche] Mont[e?] lego istum librum Roberto Godebowe armigero."
Fifteenth-century inscription on front flyleaf recto (erased): "Memorandum quod Iohannis Tr[...] istum librum de executum Roberti Godebowe [...]"
Fifteenth-century inscription on front flyleaf verso (erased): "Iste liebr constat Iohanni."
Fifteenth-century inscription on front flyleaf verso: "Thome hyngham Monachi diui Edmundi de Bury." The script of the inscription matches that of an inscription in the Macro Plays manuscript (Folger Library, Washington, DC, MS V.a.354), which refers to a "monachus Hyngham."
Decoration includes two- to four-line pen-flourished initials.
Binding: contemporary tawed leather on cushion wooden boards, re-backed and re-covered, preserving original sides.
Colophon: "Explicit liber Boecii de Consolacione Philosophie de Latino in Anglicum translatus Anno Domini Millessimo CCCCmo decimo per Capellanum Johannem et cetera" (f. 104v).
Schøyen MS 615. - Provenance
- Ex libris Robert Godebowe. Ex libris Thomas Hyngham. Ex libris Sir William Turner. Schøyen Collection MS 615. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2005.
- Extent
- 1 26 cm. x 17 cm. vol. (104 l.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fa43
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
- Walton, John, d. 1410.
- Subject (Topic)
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Poetry
Middle English poetry
Philosophy and religion - Subjects
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Walton, John, d. 1410
Poetry > Early works to 1800
Middle English poetry
Philosophy and religion
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Turner, William, Sir, d. 1692 > Ownership
Foundation of the Free School and Hospital > Kirkleatham, Yorkshire > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- John Walton, De Consolatione Philosophiae. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9368229
- Object ID (OID)
- 2013983
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