The Alfredian Boethius Project

The first of the annual symposia was held in Oxford on 24 July and focused on the textual and commentary tradition of the Latin Boethius and the sources of the Alfredian Boethius.

 

The following papers were given:

John Brinegar, Virginia Commonwealth University: 'Some sources of the Old English Boethius' [To read the text, click here.]

How to cite this article: Brinegar, John (2004). 'Some sources of the Old English Boethius'. Given at the first annual symposium of The Alfredian Boethius Project, University of Oxford, July 2003. Retrieved from http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/boethius/Symposium2003.html

Nicole Discenza, University of South Florida: 'The Unauthorized Biographies of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius' [To read the text, click here.]

How to cite this article: Discenza, Nicole (2003). 'The Unauthorized Biographies of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius'. Given at the first annual symposium of The Alfredian Boethius Project, University of Oxford, July 2003. Retrieved from http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/boethius/Symposium2003.html

Malcolm Godden, English Faculty, University of Oxford: 'The Latin Commentary Tradition and the Old English Boethius: the present state of the question' [To read the text, click here]

How to cite this article: Godden, Malcolm (2003). 'The Latin Commentary Tradition and the Old English Boethius: the present state of the question'. Given at the first annual symposium of The Alfredian Boethius Project, University of Oxford, July 2003. Retrieved from http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/boethius/Symposium2003.html

Paul Szarmach, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University: 'Nero in the De Consolatione'

Joe Wittig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 'Working with the Remigius commentary'

 

Progress reports were given by Kevin Kiernan (Dept of English, University of Kentucky) on The Electronic Boethius Project and by Malcolm Godden and the other team members on the Alfredian Boethius Project. The programme concluded with a general discussion.

 

Other participants included:

Mark Griffith, New College, Oxford University

Susan Irvine, University College, London

Rohini Jayatilaka, English Faculty, Oxford University

Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Dept of English, University of Notre Dame

Nigel Palmer, Dept of German, Oxford University

Malcolm Parkes, Faculty of English, Oxford University

Paolo Vaciago, Dept of Linguistics, Università degli Studi Roma Tre

 

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