Ps.-Boethius — 10th century – 11th century; English

Title

Ps.-Boethius — 10th century – 11th century; English

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 125

Place of origin

English

Date

10th century – 11th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

vi + 74pages

Decoration

Fine coloured geometrical figures.

Initials.

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

Winchester, Hampshire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun: "Liber ecclesie ... Swithuni Wynton" (fol. 1r, at foot), ? s. xv; erased, but legible by u. v. light. "H B" (fol. 68v). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

'H B' is on p. 68 (13th or 14th cent.).

'Morton', 15th cent., perhaps identifiable with John Morton, monk of Winchester, who owned British Library Harl. MS. 328.

David Swan ('Bibliotheca Swaniana'), evidence of binding and flyleaves. Price, '34. 4. 4' (?) on end flyleaf (Douce Legacy, no. 88).

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

De Geometria '... Incipiunt libri Minicii Manlii Seuerini Boetii Artis Geometricae numero quinque ab Eoclide translati de Greco in Latinum.'

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 125

Summary

The five books are:

(p. 1) the liber de Geometria (Migne's Patrol. Lot. lxiii. 1352-64) here placed as bks. 1 - 2:

(p. 22) Euclid, bks. 1 - 4, here bks. 3 - 4 (Migne, ibid. 1307 - 29)

(p. 53) 'Incipit altercatio duorum geumetricorum de figuris numeris et mensuris': beg. 'Mensura est quicquid pondere', parts of which correspond with parts of Migne, ibid. 1335 - There is a large number of illustrations, and several rubrics.

'H B' is on p. 68 (13th or 14th cent.).

Date

written in the 11th cent.

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment

Physical extent

74 pages