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Boethius was a member of the Roman aristocracy who became expert in logic, mathematics, music, theology and philosophy. He was appointed to high office under Theodoric and executed for political reasons in 524/5. Boethius' "Arithmetica" served as an important textbook in the medieval educational program of the Quadrivium.

From the description of De Arithmetica [manuscript]. [13--]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225841632

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creatorOf Boecio, Anicio Manlio Torcuato Severino. De consolatione philosophiae. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. Incipit arithmeticha boetij. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Theoretical treatises] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Treatises on music] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Proud, Robert, 1728-1813. Collection, 1681-1811. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. Boecii philosophie : manuscript, [between 1450 and 1500]. Houghton Library
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Religious and philosophical miscellany]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [La consolation de philosophie de Boece [microform] / traduyete en françois par maistre Jean de Meun ; a reproduction of ms. français 1097, fol. 1-44 (recto) in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris]. Libraries Australia
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. Sententiarii de Consolatione Philosophiae [manuscript] ca. 1460. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704 GB 206 Leeds University Library
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creatorOf Boecio, Anicio Manlio Torcuato Severino. La consolation de la philosophie [Manuscrito] le quel mestre Jehan de Meun translata a la requeste le roy phelippe le quart, roy de France. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. Incipit liber Boecii, malii torquati anitii seurini De consolatione ad instruendum paciendiam in adversis et humilitatem in prosperis et ad divina cognitionis apetitum et amorem eterne felicitatis et summi boni. University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De Arithmetica [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
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creatorOf Istituzione biblioteca malatestiana. [Music theory treatises] [microform]. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
creatorOf Biblioteca comunale di Siena. [Musical treatises, with Italian secular polyphony]. Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
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creatorOf Various works. McMaster University
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [De institutione musica, glossed. I-III] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Boetii Libri duo De institutione arithmetica] [microform]. Saint Louis University - Main Campus, Pius XII Memorial Library
referencedIn Valladolid, Pedro de. Comentario de Boecio [Manuscrito] Pedro de Valladolid. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid
creatorOf Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, 480-524. [Theologische Sammelhandschrift] - Ms 189 / Boethius; Dionysius Areopagita. Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg, BSZ
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De institutione musica : manuscript [stats] [19--] Houghton Library
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De institutione musica libri V [microform] / Boethius. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Treatises] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De disciplina scholarium cum expositione de Whetelay [microform] : and, Opera Pseudo-Boethius / [Boethius]. John Carroll University, Grasselli Library, Grasselli Library & Breen Learning Center
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. [Music theory treatises] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De institutione musica : manuscript, [ca. 1450] Houghton Library
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creatorOf Boethius, d. 524. De institutione musica, libri V [microform] / Boethii. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Sibley Music Library
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Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Boethius
Christian life
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Happiness
Liturgies
Manuscripts, French
Manuscripts, French
Manuscripts, Latin
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Music, Greek and Roman
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Music theory
Music theory
Music theory
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Philosophy and religion
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Birth 0480

Death 0524

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