Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, between 1400 and 1450
MS M.332 fol. 29r

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Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, Book II -- Boethius, wearing headgear, resting head on right hand, looking down, is seated on cushion before personification of Philosophy, crowned, wearing veil and wimple, extending right hand, holding globe with left hand, seated on cushioned bench.
Margins decorated with border of vine scroll and foliate ornament and inhabited by lion. In upper margin, scroll inscribed with motto of Antoine de Bourgogne NUL NE SI FROTE. In right margin, flaming escutcheon with heraldry of Antoine de Bourgogne, escutcheon with his heraldry surmounted by helm, decorated with collar of the Order of St. Michael and supported by two lions. Motto and flaming escutcheon repeated in lower right and lower margin.