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Geschammller anno dni 1530,' a seal bookplate with the initial letters F.F., and a label bookplate 'Biblioteca Ion I.C. It has a parchment paper binding, a manuscript bookplate 'Ex libris conventus Fratrum minor. The incunabulum is written in black ink with some enlarged capitals in red. To Boethius, these letters symbolized the division of Platonic philosophy into practice and theory. She is here described as a respectful lady, with sparkling eyes, very perspicacious, having a long dress on which the Greek letters, Pi and Theta (P and T) are written. It comprises five books and takes the form of a dialogue between the author and his visitor, Philosophy. Boethius wrote De consolatione philosophiae while he was in prison. After he defended Albinus, a senator, in the presence of King Theodoric during the trial in Verona (Albinus was charged with treasonable correspondence with Emperor Justin at Constantinople), Boethius was also charged with treason, imprisoned (in Pavia), and executed. Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (circa 480-524) was a statesman, philosopher, poet, and consul, as well as adviser to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric, whom he served as magister officiorum (head of court and government administration). It is regarded as one of the most important works in the Western world. De Consolatione Philosophiae (The consolation of philosophy) is a by Boethius, the son of an influential and aristocratic Roman family, written around the year 524.

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