Identity area
Reference code
JCOL/Q/D/7
Title
Boethius
Date(s)
- 1300-1500 (The texts are in a thirteenth century hand, but with fifteenth-century insertions.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume 7 x 5 in., 354 ff.; 27 and 29 lines to a page parchment
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
From Durham, with a library inscription; given by Thomas Man, 1685.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Boethius' De consolatione philosphiae; M. R. James's no. 48. "Quinque libri boecij de consolacione philosophie cum tabula" and "Exposicio super quinque libros predictos satis certe notabilis". That is, Boethius' On the Consolation of Philosophy, with marginal and interlinear glosses and at the end a table of contents; there follows a commentary on the work by Nicholas Trivet (incipit: Explanacionem librorum boecij de cons. phil. Aggressurus) . There are some decorative borders and a few diagrams.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Microfilm available.