The figure of Philosophy appearing to Boethius. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after C. Ciappori after a 15th-century painting.

  • Boethius, -524.
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[1858]
Reference:
91i
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The figure of Philosophy appearing to Boethius. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after C. Ciappori after a 15th-century painting. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Episode in Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae, I.1. In the Consolatio philosophia, the letters on Philosophy's robe are theta Θ above (for Theoretice) and pi Π below (for Practice). However the manuscript painter has put Φ above and n below, followed in this lithograph

Publication/Creation

Paris : [Hangard-Maugé, lithographe, libraire-éditeur], [1858]

Physical description

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Lettering

La philosophie apparaît a Boèce. Tiré du manuscrit de Boèce: des consolatione philosophioe ... Ciappori delt. ; Thurwanger lith.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 91i

Reproduction note

After: a painting in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds latin cod. 6643.

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