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Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
- Date
- [ca 1120-1150]
- By
- Boethius, -524; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918Guido, d'Arezzo, 991?-
- Reference
- MSR-05
- Description
`De Musica' by Boethius is followed by four works of Guido d'Arezzo: `Micrologus', 'Regule rithmice', 'Prologus in antiphonarium', and `Epistola ad Michahelem'.
Source of title - Supplied title
Other Titles - d'Arezzo, Guido, fl 990-1050 : Micrologus, Regule rithmice, Prologus in antiphonarium, Epistola ad Michahelem
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Vellum, 102 leaves, plus contemporary flyleaf; 211 x 144 mm. Single column, 33 lines, ruled in plummet with text beginning above the top ruled line; written space 156 x 82 mm; written in black ink in a small Romanesque bookhand; headings in red.
Finding Aids: Manion no. 140.
Provenance: Twelfth century in the library of Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, England; erased name, Alexander Staple, on recto of front flyleaf; sixteenth-century inscriptions naming Adam Shakerley and Wyllm Tally on inside lower cover; binding made for an owner with initials `I.B.'; acquired 1900 for £150 by Alexander H Turnbull from the bookseller Bernard Quaritch (see Alexander H. Turnbull, Acquistion Book, MSX-8822, p.238, no.2191).
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0271
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Illuminated manuscripts, Parchment, Vellum, 102 leaves, plus contemporary flyleaf; 211 x 144 mm., Single column, 33 lines, ruled in plummet with text beginning above the top ruled line; written space 156 x 82 mm; written in black ink in a small Romanesque bookhand; headings in red., Binding: Late sixteenth or early seventeenth English calf over pasteboards, rebacked, old spine laid on, gilt edges., Decoration: 2- to 3- line initials throughout in red, blue, yellow or green, some with slight flourishes extending into the margin; five decorated initials (14- to 15-line); includes diagrams and illustrations.
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UnknownText and decorated initial - Winged dragon in the shape of an "S"
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f019v
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Manion notes "Set on azure grounds within an ochre band, they [decorated initials] are composed of vegetal, interlace and zoomorphic motifs in which the winged dragon features prominently. Great use is made of the vellum itself in the designs with black outlines and occasional use of thin gold strips contrasting with the delicately stroked shading of contours and washed grounds in red, green and ochre." Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ms on vellum, 211 x 144mm Finding Aids: Manion No. 140.
Decorated initial "E", and text
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f050v
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Quantity: 1 leaf. Physical Description: Ms on vellum
Men striking anvil
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f008r
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Quantity: 1 leaf. Physical Description: Ms on vellum
Man playing a monochord
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f072r
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Quantity: 1 leaf. Physical Description: Ms on vellum
Text with embellished diagram
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f009v
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Large diagram decorated in red, blue, yellow and green. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ms on vellum, 211 x 144mm Finding Aids: Manion No. 140.
Zoomorphic diagram
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f058r
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Diagram is decorated with the colours red, green and yellow. The top of the diagram is illustrated with a facial figure. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ms on vellum, 211 x 144mm Finding Aids: Manion No. 140.
Text with embellished diagram - Soldiers on twin towers supported by an elephant
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f027v
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Manion notes "The most striking of these embellishments is on f.27v (fig. 8) where the numerical table and proportional diagrams are framed by an elephant supporting twin towers, with soldiers' heads and spears peeping over battlements that help to suggest the topmost curve of the diagram. The diagram so framed is a summary illustrating the application of all the preceding mathematics to musical proportions, which is the principal subject of the treatise". Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ms on vellum, 211 x 144mm Finding Aids: Manion No. 140. Fig. 8.
Text with zoomorphic diagram - Serpent
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f046r
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Diagram is embellished with the animal form of a serpent, decorative colours used are yellow and green. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ms on vellum, 211 x 144mm Finding Aids: Manion No. 140.
Diagram featuring musical instruments
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f014v
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Quantity: 1 leaf. Physical Description: Ms on vellum
Woman tuning a medieval harp
Date: [ca 1120-1150]
From: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, ca 480-524 : De Musica
Reference: MSR-05-f076r
Description: Leaf from Boethius' treatise on music. Quantity: 1 leaf. Physical Description: Ms on vellum