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cuties-in-codices · 4 months
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musical instruments and music theory
illustrations for boethius' 6th c. treatise "de musica", einsiedeln, 10th century
source: Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 358, p. 144, 214, 206, and 213
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upennmanuscripts · 7 months
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Join us for Coffee With A Codex! Thursday, September 7th curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 101, a 9th and 11th century copy of Aristotle translated by Boethius, created as part of the Carolingian educational program. 12pm Noon ET on Zoom!
Everyone is welcome.
Register here: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/11148297
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hoeratius · 2 years
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I’ve begun browsing Helen Waddell’s Medieval Latin Lyrics and -
Orpheus Eurydicen suam vidit perdidit occidit 
(Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, 3.50-51)
Vidit
Perdidit
Occidit
what an escalation what minimalism what pain and guilt and emotion captured in three little verbs, like BOETHIUS, I was not READY for this???
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esarkaye · 8 months
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New Substack post on The Last Day of a Condemned Man—Reflections on Capital Punishment through Hugo, Dostoevsky, Camus, and Boethius.
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aguavida · 1 year
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“Among wise men there is no place at all left for hatred. For no one except the greatest of fools would hate good men. And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness is a disease of the body, so wickedness is a disease of the mind. And if this is so, since we think of people who are sick in body as deserving sympathy rather than hatred, much more so do they deserve pity rather than blame who suffer an evil more severe than any physical illness.” 
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
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lionofchaeronea · 1 year
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Checking off another item on my list of "Works I should have read long ago" by reading Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy (De consolatione philosophiae), the great work of spiritual self-healing that in many respects marks the transition from the classical to the medieval worlds. I'm developing more and more of an interest in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages*, and Boethius is powerful evidence that the great classical heritage didn't simply evanesce into nothingness when Rome fell to the "barbarians".
*Assuming one can clearly distinguish between the two periods, which is highly debatable. One must always be careful about imposing modern notions of periodization onto the past; it's unlikely that the average Italian peasant woke up one day and said "Huh. April 12. We must be medieval by now."
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electric-hydrangea · 13 days
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Arlecchino's Past & Her Being the Grim Reaper
Spoilers/leaks for 4.6 ahead
Made by Rosie Posie and Daniel :3
reposted from my twitter, leak-censored version on the genshin lore subreddit
The Fall of the Faded Castle
The Fall of the Faded Castle is where Arlecchino’s lore can be found. “The Mask of the Red Death” by Poe is the inspiration for this book. I’d recommend reading it, it’s very similar!
It’s referenced in Arlecchino’s kit (her infused normal attack), its name being “Mask of the Red Death”
The book has numerous references to the blood moon and debts owed, something also found in Arlecchino’s kit, as well as the use of the word “baleful”. 
In her Character Introduction, she hallucinates her past in a way very similar to TFotFC. The lines are meant to parallel each other; the scene being the same but the setting is now different.
The final paragraph of her Character Introduction references the ending of TFotFC, and the moonlight that flows into the hearth through the window symbolizes her past. 
TFotFC mentions the clock striking midnight and the castle master becoming panicked for the reaper that would come to collect his blood debt, and then Arlecchino’s introduction mentions her taking control over the room when the clock chimes. 
Remuria
To move onto Arlecchino’s connections with Remuria, it requires extra context about Remus, the leader of Remuria.
Remus had his own sin, different from Egeria, where he altered life by dissolving his people into Golems. He meant for them to live for eternity, but the souls instead shattered.
While Egeria was punished by Celestia, Remus was punished by Arlecchino. The Fall of The Fated Castle is about Arlecchino punishing Remus. She’s responsible for Remuria falling. I know there are some really passionate Remuria fans, I hope I am not massacring the story haha. I’m more into the Ordo #sandronenation
Edit: it’s been brought to my attention that the guy in the story probably isn’t Remus, and I’m also on board with that. The guy who the Grim Reaper is hunting isn’t entirely relevant, but I suggest instead: Boethius
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She’s still dead though; she’s glitching. She’s otherworldly. TFotFC describes the Grim Reaper as having two cold eyes that can pierce your soul with a glance. It questions if they are a lord returning from an ancient world, or the nightmare itself. 
In the origins of her name, Arlecchino, in commedia del’arte, it’s said to trace back to Dante’s Inferno; a devil going by the name Alichino. Her character type is the “devil” stock character, but that character can also be molded into whatever, like being a lighthearted prankster.
She also has a scythe.. Grim Reaper much? She also marks enemies with her blood debt, something in her kit. The scythe effect that the polearm has is one that only Arlecchino can use. Her whole kit uses wording that can be attributed to TFotFC and the hearth. 
The boss Arlecchino can be found at a grave. The writing says “Crucabena”, who is also “Ceridwen”. Crucabena is the Gallic equivalent. Ceridwen is the Welsh goddess of rebirth, which is a part of Arlecchino’s whole thing. Her grave’s subtitle could be referencing how the hearth is of two worlds.
Arlecchino’s constellation “Ignis Purgatorius” is based off of the poem “Purgatorius Ignis” by Christopher Okemwa. I don’t really know what’s going on in this poem, but I’d be more than happy to hear what others think.
Perinheri
Her character introduction shows us that she is in control of the hearth (in the Orphanage), and Perinheri shows more of her themes in the hearth; this could symbolize her being reborn as Arlecchino from being the Grim Reaper.
In book “Perinheri”, Perinheri is locked in a hearth and has to crawl through it. Then, he is asked if he has seen “it” yet, and if he is dead. When he turned around, he saw the Crimson Moon and a titanic horrified eye. After Perinheri was released from the hearth, he was told that he traversed through the fire of two worlds within the hearth and he is now reborn.
The Crimson Moon is Arlecchino, and the eyeball Perinheri saw is on her head in her boss fight. 
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TLDR Arlecchino was the Grim Reaper and punished Remus for his crimes and then was reborn as Arlecchino but something is still wrong with her because she’s glitching. It could be because she’s caught between the two worlds within the hearth. 
We also don’t have voice lines, character stories, or artifact lore leaks though so a lot of information is probably missing.
There are more connections to be made with Arlecchino, Caterpillar, the grave, Perinheri, and the experiments done on Caterpillar, but I don’t think I have enough to try and cover that.
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dreams-of-mutiny · 11 months
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The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity. ― Boethius
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mental-mona · 10 months
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Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
— Boethius
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turangalila · 2 years
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[Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius] Heu, quam praecipiti [(fol. 442r) CA Gg. V. 35, University of Cambridge, University Library]
Heu, quam praecipiti mersa profundo / mens hebet et propria luce relicta / tendit in externas ire tenebras / terrenis quotiens flatibus aucta / crescit in immensum noxia cura! / Hic quondam caelo liber aperto / suetus in aetherios ire meatus / cernebat rosei lumina solis, / uisebat gelidae sidera lunae / et quaecumque uagos stella recursus / exercet uarios flexa per orbes / comprensam numeris uictor habebat; / quin etiam causas unde sonora / flamina sollicitent aequora ponti, / quis uolat stabilem spiritus orbem / uel cur hesperias sidus in undas / casurum rutilo surgat ab ortu, / quid ueris placidas temperet horas / ut terram roseis floribus ornet, / quis dedit ut pleno fertilis anno / autumnus grauidis influat uuis / rimari solitus atque latentis / naturae uarias reddere causas: / nunc iacet effeto lumine mentis / et pressus grauibus colla catenis / decliuem que gerens pondere uultum / cogitur, heu, stolidam cernere terram. // [Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae. I : M2]
_ Boethius: Songs Of Consolation – Metra from 11th-century Canterbury Sequentia (2018, Glossa – GCD922518)
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kevinaforfar · 1 year
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Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius.
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upennmanuscripts · 5 months
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Coffee With A Codex is an informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn’s collections. Each week we’ll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.
On Thursday, October 26, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 47, 15th-century copy of a Latin treatise on the Pythagorean-based theory of ancient Greek music. Register here: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/11338585
Note that the Zoom links for Coffee With a Codex are reusable - register once and attend every Thursday at 12pm EDT / 5pm BST.
See the full schedule for Coffee with a Codex at: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/coffee-codex
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elizabethanism · 2 years
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"The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity."
One of the greatest philosophical texts in the history of philosophy, and greatly unappreciated, Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy" should be read by all who love poetry and metaphysics
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journalofanobody · 2 years
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"Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things."
—Boethius
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aguavida · 1 year
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“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.” 
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
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justinesmic · 2 years
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actual questions i ask my friends: did dante alighieri invent the concept of blorbo
actual answers i get: not quite. boethius had philosophy as a blorbo about 1000 years earlier.
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