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Boethius, De institutione arithmetica with medical...

Manuscript Created date: Mid-9th century–1st half of the 10th century

During the Middle Ages, the practice of gathering different texts from various periods in the same manuscript was common...

Boethius, De institutione arithmetica

Manuscript Created date: 3rd quarter of the 12th century

Written by the sixth-century Roman philosopher Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (On Arithmetic) was the principal m...

Boethius in Latin

Manuscript Created date: c. 970

The Roman senator and philosopher, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, was born in Italy in 476. He was an acclaimed aut...

Boethius in Old English

Manuscript Created date: Mid-10th century–second half of 12th century

Shortly before he was executed for treason in the mid-520s, the Roman administrator Boethius wrote a dialogue in prose a...