"The frontispiece to Book II of Boethius’ ‘On the Consolation of Philosophy’ is a beautiful example for French manuscript illumination in the fifteenth century. The finely painted miniature shows the philosopher Boethius in a pink robe listening to instructions from the female figure, the personification of Philosophy. To the right Fortune turns a wheel on which are four figures, kings and other aristocrats, symbolising the capricious nature of Fate. Read more about this manuscript cutting in our Search the Collection pages..."
Wallace Collection
W - The Consolation of Philosophy
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