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Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae, with gloss, Middle Dutch translation

Book II; Prose V and Metrum V

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1621

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Boethius, <i>Consolatio philosophiae</i>, with gloss, Middle Dutch translation
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1621
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 508
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Flanders
Date of Origin ca. 1450
Script, Hands

Main text in Northern gothica textualis formata; glosses in a smaller gothica hybrida libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 440 mm
Page Width 300 mm
Height of Written Area 300 mm
Width of Written Area 206 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines 65
Ruling Full ink ruling
Numbering

Medieval foliation using Roman numerals in upper right corners.
More about the Condition

Textus inclusus with glosses. Two columns ruled per page. Main text written in either one (fol. [1], [2]v, [3], [4]v) or two (fol. [2]r) columns. Only fol. [4]r does not contain a column reserved for the main text.

Current Condition

Extent 2 bifolia
Dimensions 410 x 300 mm
More about the Current Condition

The upper margins to fol. [2]-[3] is missing, leading to some text loss.

The fragments underwent conservation in 2010.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red paraphs, red colour stroking, red rubrication (underlining).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Boethius
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Consolatio philosophiae, with gloss, Middle Dutch translation
    • Content Description

      Book II, Prose V ('De vijfste Prose') and Metrum 5 ('Tvijfste Metrum') with commentary.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, <i>De consolatione philosophie</i>, Middle Dutch translation (Ghent: Arend de Keysere, 1485), https://lib.ugent.be/europeana/900000195807?pg=PP7
    • Secondary Literature Claassens, Geert H.M., ‘Boethius in Leuven. Een bijzonder handschriftfragment in de Leuvense Universiteitsbibliotheek’, Ex officina, 23.1–2 (2010), 4–6.
    • Remarks

      These fragments transmit the only manuscript version of a Middle Dutch translation and commentary to Consolatio philosophiae (the so-called 'Ghent Boethius') printed by Arend de Keysere in Ghent in 1485.

History

Provenance

Fragment was acquired by KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties in 2005.

Host Volume

Title Register for the tavern 'Enghel'; register for the vinyard of Jan
Place of Origin/Publication 1590-1591
Remarks

Fragments were used as cover for registers in 1590-1591. Fol. [3]v contains the later-added note 'Anno xvc xc een January ende anno xvc xc een January / Enghel'. Fol. [4]v contains the annotation 'Anno xvc xc. 1 January / Wijngaert tot xvj mar [...] heeft Jan E[...]s hier gebrouwen'

The fragments were used for respectively a register book for a tavern named 'Enghel' kept between 1590-1591 (fol. [2]-[3]); and for a vinyard exploited by a certain Jan in 1590 (fol. [1]-[4]).

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