(Q4750)
Statements
De consolatione philosophiae
0 references
Philosophy, Ancient--Early works to 1800
0 references
Philosophy and religion--Early works to 1800
0 references
1466.
15. century
1466Gregorian
1466Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 87 leaves : paper; 290 x 215 (201 x 123) mm bound to 294 x 226 mm
0 references
Collation: Paper, 87; 1¹⁴ 2¹² 3¹²(-2) 4-5¹² 6¹⁴ 7¹⁴(-2, -13); [1-87]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; quires signed a-g in modern pencil; catchword on last page of each quire, lower right verso.
0 references
Ms. codex.
0 references
Binding: Contemporary red vellum reinforced with scrap paper and parchment.
0 references
Title from title page (f.1r).
0 references
Decoration: Elaborate manicules in red and brown ink (f. 16r, 17r-v, 18v, 23v, 25r, 26r), decorated initials (f. 20v, 30r) with guide letters for missing initials elsewhere, catchwords encircled by sketch of a fish (f. 37v), elaborate pen flourishes on tall letters (f. 82r-85v).
0 references
Script: Written in a Gothic book hand, with marginal and interlinear annotations in late Gothic cursive, and several italic hands.
0 references
Layout: Written in 17 long lines or 17 lines of single or double column poetry, frame-ruled in lead.
0 references
Origin: Written in Spain, possibly Aragon (Dean and Armistead), in 1466.
0 references
Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1959.
0 references
27 August 2023
0 references
27 August 2023
0 references