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The Old English Boethius : with verse prologues and epilogues associated with King Alfred / edited and translated by Susan Irvine and Malcolm R. Godden.
- Title
- The Old English Boethius : with verse prologues and epilogues associated with King Alfred / edited and translated by Susan Irvine and Malcolm R. Godden.
- Author
- Alfred, King of England, 849-899
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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- Description
- xxiv, 451 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- King Alfred's circle of scholars boldly refashioned Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy from Latin into Old English, bringing it to a vernacular audience for the first time. Verse prologues and epilogues associated with the court of Alfred fill out this new edition, translated from Old English by Susan Irvine and Malcolm R. Godden.
- Series Statement
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 19
- Uniform Title
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 19.
- Alternative Title
- De consolatione philosophiae.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works
- Translations
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-448) and index.
- Language (note)
- Texts in Old English with English translation on facing pages.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780674055582 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2012008658
- OCLC
- 780063884
- SCSB-12692066
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library