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De consolatione philosophie [Uniform title: De consolatione philosophiae. Dutch & Latin]: PB 28-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

De consolatione philosophie [Uniform title: De consolatione philosophiae. Dutch & Latin]

Maker(s)

Author: Boethius
Printer: Keysere, Arend de

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Description

[358] leaves : col. ill ; 37cm (fol).
Latin text with a Dutch translation & commentary.
Red & blue decorative initials.
Large illuminations & pen work at beginning of each book.
Wanting a1 & V8.
Binding: 19th century pigskin, with label on upper board, blind stamped; spine blind stamped, raised bands; a.e. green; metal bosses & clasps

Goff B812; HC 3400; GfT 1869; Camp 322; ILC 420; SI 834; Brussels exhib.1973, cat. 160; Pell 2545; CIBN B-593; Elliott-Loose 120; Arnoult 314; Hillard 437; Polain(B) 749; IDL 908; Kocowski 580; Coll(S) 240; Madsen 777; Voull(B) 4893; Schmitt I 4893; Kind(Göttingen) 241; Walsh 3947; Oates 4003, 4004; Bod-inc B-402; Sheppard 7261, 7262 (var); Pr 9461; BMC IX 206; GW 4574 (+ var)

Notes

History note: Provenance: Exhibited in the Paris Exhibition of 1880 - 'Exposition de 1880' (stamp). Flemish annotations.

Place(s) associated

  • Ghent

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Dating

Production date: AD 1485-05-03

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 28-2020
Primary reference Number: 240304
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 March 2020 Updated: Thursday 4 January 2024 Last processed: Thursday 4 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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