Manuscript on goatskin parchment of Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae; with dictionary of philosophical terms, a text on Venice, and a moral-allegorical text
Description:
Script: Art. 6 a single hand writing largely in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria/Formata (Rotunda); art. 5 is probably by the main scribe, using a smaller Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria; and the other texts are additional: art. 1 in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria; artt. 2 and 3 in Italian Gothica Cursiva Currens (Mercantesca); art. 4 in Gothica Cursiva., Decoration: Art. 6 has red headings and red diagonal stroking of majuscules; alternately red and blue 2-line flourished initials; litterae duplices, half inserted. Artt. 1 and 4 have red stroking of the majuscules and a red flourished initial with red penwork. The other texts have no decoration., Binding: 18th-19th century plain parchment over cardboard; and spine has a gold-tooled title label with inscription., and In Latin.
