← Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae"
Chapter 1
Preface
œ (“oe” ligature)
ȝ Ȝ (yogh)
ħ ũ (h with bar, u with tilde: both rare)
The Sidenotes include a few Greek phrases:
ἕπου Θεῷ
Linenotes refer to the Cambridge MS.; see end of Introduction. “H.” in the Linenotes is not explained; Skeat’s edition of Chaucer’s Complete Works says that it refers to MS. Harley 2421.
Italic thorn (þ) and yogh (ȝ) seem to have been unavailable to the printer; both letters have been formatted to match the surrounding text. In the Appendix, decorative final letters are shown with ) or + as sprong+, dar) and similar to approximate the look of the original. The inverted semicolon (rare) is shown as ;.
Introduction
Index of First Lines
Tabula Libri Boicii (”Table of Contents”)
Chaucer’s Translation (with all notes)
Appendix (verse)
Translation (text only)
Glossarial Index