Athalaric, 46, 51.
Augustine, St, on God's existence,
86, 87--and sin, 92, 97 n.-and
the resurrection, 99- and the
doctrine of the Trinity, 110, 120
-Boethius's dependence on, 118,
128, 129-treatise on the 'Cate-
gories' attributed to, 245.
Augustulus, 17.

Avarice condemned, 61.
Averrhoës, 244.

Avicenna, 244.

Basilius the informer, 36, 48, 49.
Baur, G., 8.

Beda's 'Ecclesiastical History,' 172.
Being, essence of, 244.

'Beowulf,' subject of, 163-pos-
sible author of, 164 n.-philo-
sophical element in, 164, sug-
gested by the 'Cons.,' 167-169.
Bernard Silvester, 239.
Bernard, St, 130, 131.
Berti, P., 7.

Bétant, 235.

Biraghi and the diptych of Monza,
10, 140.

Bird, a symbol for the soul, 187 n.
Boccaccio, and Chaucer, 215, 216-
the 'Ameto' of, 239.

6 Boëce,' Chaucer's. See Chaucer.
Boëce,' Provençal poem, 178-189
-MS. of, 179-a fragment, 179,
189 metrical construction of,
189.

Boethius, A. M. S. I. Life and
Character. - Birth and parent-
age, 23-ancestry, 27-his guard-
ians, 24-his wife, 24, 60-not
twice married, 24-first acquain-
tance with Theodoric, 25-pat-
rician and senator, 27-consul,
27, 28-consulship of his sons,
28, 60-panegyrist, 29-master
of the offices, 29-trial of, 29, 31,
35 his apology, 35-41 -im-
prisonment and death, 31, 32,
55; and see 'Anonymus Valesii'
-not a martyr, 2, 140-his learn-
ing and accomplishments, 25,
26 a musician, 26, 28 -a
mechanician, ib.-a mathemati-
cian, ib., 137-a poet, 57 n., 106-
a Christian controversialist, 27;
and see 'Theological Tracts'-his

personal character, 50, 53-his
impatience, 49, 50, 53, 54, 110,
137-a defender of the oppressed,
35 n. his ambition, 61- his
qualities as a statesman, 28, 49,
52, 53.

II. Philosophy.-His philoso-
phical system, 81-107-his theol-
ogy, 81-84 his theory of the
universe, 84-90-his conception
of evil, 91-his psychology, 92-
94-his ethic, 95-his views on
sin, 100-a realist? 93, 249-the
pioneer of the scholastic philoso-
phy, 27-his position with regard
to the scholastic problem, 241-
257 influenced by Aristotle,
Plato, Augustine, etc., see under
these names-at variance with
Aristotle, 155.

III. Religion.-Question of his
Christianity, 1-14-an outward
adherent to Christianity, 6, 104
-points of contact with Chris-
tianity, 81, 102-104-points of
divergence from Christianity,
54, 81-92, 95-104.

IV. Works, style, influence,
etc.-His literary motive, 26--
his translations of Pythagoras,
Ptolemy, Nicomachus, Euclid,
Archimedes, 26-of Aristotle,
ib., 27-of Porphyry, 94; and see
'Isagoge'-Original work; see
Consolation of Philosophy'-
his theological writings; see
Theological Tracts'-his style,
74, 76-80, 120, 121, 152-a
medium for Greek philosophy
in the middle ages, 2, 244, 245
-his influence on medieval
literature, 232-234, 239; and see
Alfred, Chaucer, Notker, etc.-
the favourite author of the
middle ages, 160.

Boethius, A. M., father of the
above, 23, 24.

Boethius, African bishop, 5.
'Boethius und seine Stellung zum
Christenthume.' See Hilde-

brand.
Bosizio, 10.

'Breviarium Chronicon.' See Ado.
Brunet, G., 203 n.

Brunetto Latino, 232, 233,

Bruno of Corvey, 3, 109.
Buchon, 208, 209.

Cælestine, 141.
Cally, P., 98.

Cambridge University Library,
MS. in, 140.

Carlsruhe, library at, 11.
Casaubon, on Boethius's style, 78.
Cassiodorus, 'Institutiones' of, 11
-not the writer of 'Anecd.
Hold.,'14-' Variæ Epistolæ' of,
41-on the accusers of Boethius,
42-44, 51, 52-his character, 42,
51-his style, 41, 50, 77-in
early middle ages, 169.
Catholic Faith. I. On the Trinity,
110, 111, 131-formulated by
Augustine, 120, 128, 129.

II. On the nature and person
of Christ, 147, 150, 151.
'Celui qui bien bat les buissons,'
208-212-not by Charles d'Or-
léans, 208-210-Toulouse MS.
of, 210.

'Cena Trimalchionis,' 75.
Cethegus, 12, 13.

Chalcedon, Council of, 153, 158.
Chance, Aristotle's definition of,
91-a fulfilment of the divine
order, 90.

Charles d'Orléans, 208-210.
Charles the Bald, 255.

Charles the Great, 196, 242.
Charles V., 210.
Charles VI., 210.
Charles VII., 209.

Chaucer, Caxton's praise of, 214—
his first acquaintance with the
works of Boethius, 215-his
translation of the 'Cons.,' 215,
217-229-its approximate date,
215, 217- not an early work,
217, 226 its interest for us,
217-no Latin scholar, 226 -
his method of translation, 217-
his mistranslations, 222-225–
his glosses, 218-221, compared
with Notker's, 218
his ex-
periments in metre, 228, 229-
his trial of new words, 221, 222
-his prose and verse compared,
227, 228-and Boccaccio, 215, 216
-and Notker, 218-and French
translators, 202-206-his Troy-

lus and Cryseyde,' 215-217, 228
-his 'Former Age,' 228.
Christ, nature and person of. See
Catholic Faith, II.

Christianity, question of Boethius's,
see Boethius, III.-traces of in
the Cons.' real, 81, 87, 102-104,
apparent, 101-103.

Χώρα of Plato, 84.

Cicero, 61, 84-in the early middle
ages, 169.

Clement the Irishman, 243.
Clovis the Frank, 28.
Coburger, 238.

Codex Augiensis, 11.
Coemption, 35 n.-
219.

-Chaucer on,

Communicatio idiomatum, 150.
Comte, 182.

Conception, false, 252.
'Consolation of Philosophy,' the,
I. Analysis of, 57-72-style of,
73, 74, 76-80-probable motive
of, 105-107-artificial character
of, 56, 106-not a confession of
faith, 56-a completed work, 7,
8, 73-comparative length of the
books in, 73-absence of Chris-
tian characteristics in, 53, 54—
its apparent indifference to
Christianity, 104, 105-Bruno of
Corvey on, 3-Gervaise on, 6—
John of Salisbury on, 4-Glar-
eanus on, 6-Hildebrand on,
9-Gibbon on, 161-reasons for
its popularity in the middle
ages, 86, 161, 162-traces of, in
'Beowulf,' 167-169.

II. Translations and imitations
of, by Alfred, 170-178-by Not-
ker, 190-197-by Simun de
Fraisne, 198-200-by Jehan de
Meun, 201-206--by Pierre de
Paris, 206, 207-by Jehan de
Cis, 212, 213-by Frere Renaut
de Louhans, 213, 214-by an-
onymous Provençal poet, 178-
189; and see' Boëce-by anony-
mous French writers, 200-206,
208-212, 213-by Chaucer, 214-
229-by John the Chaplain, 229-
231-by Alberto della Piagen-
tina, 232, 233-by Fra Giovanni
da Foligno, 234- by Messer
Grazia da Siena, 234-by Maxi-

modo substantiæ bonæ sint.'
De la Rue, on S. de Fraisne, 200.
Delisle, L., on J. de Meun's trans-
lation, 202-on 'Celui qui bien
bat les buissons,' 208-210.
Deltuf, 15.

'De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philo-
logiæ,' 75.

'De Persona,' Boethius's tract,
analysis of, 142-152-its motive,
142-style, 152-its date, 154.
'De Trinitate,' Boethius's tract,
analysis of, 110-117- evidence
for, 2, 109, 124-126-objections
to, 117-124-its motive, 119-its
style, 121.

Dietrich of Bern, 22 n.
'Doctrina de Sapientia,' tract at-
tributed to Severinus of Cologne,
141.

Epic, Northern French, 189.
Epicurus, 39 n.

Επου θεῷ, 40, 218 n., 225.
Eric of Auxerre, 254.
Erigena, 255-257.

Eternity, 71, 89, 124-126.

Euclid, translated by Boethius, 26.
Eutyches. See Eutychianism.
Eutychianism, 142, 147-156.
Evil, Boethius's conception of, 64,
91, 92-Plato's conception of, 91.
Ex nihilo nihil, 85, 91.

Fabricius, quoted, 141 n.
Fame, the narrow limits of, 61, 62.
Fate, Neoplatonic doctrine of, 87,
88-Stoic doctrine of, 88-and
Providence, 67-69, 88-90.
Faustus, pretorian prefect, 36 n.
Festus, guardian of Boethius, 24.
'Filostrato,' the, 215.
Foreknowledge and freewill, 70,
71, 81, 82, 96, 97-illustration
of, 71, 96.

Form, 112.

'Former Age,' Chaucer's, 228.
Fortune, 59-62--God's instrument
for man's education, 90.

Fra Antonio Ginebreda, translator
of the Cons.,' 236, 237.
Fra Giovanni da Foligno, trans-
lator of the 'Cons.,' 234.
Francheville, 7.

Freewill and predestination, 70,
71, 81, 82, 96, 97-illustration
of, 71, 96.

Frere Renaut de Louhans, trans-
lator of the 'Cons.,' 213, 214.
Frisi and the diptych of Monza, 140.
Furnivall, 214.

Gaudentius the informer, 36.
Gelasius, Pope, 153.

-

Genera, nature of, 246-Plato on,
247, 253-Aristotle on, 247, 248,
250, 251, 253, 254
Porphyry
on, 248-Boethius on, 248-254.
Gerbert of Rheims, 245.
German translations of the 'Cons.,'
237, 238.

Gervaise, on the 'Cons.,' 6.
Gibbon, 15, 161-on the parentage
of Odovacar, 16-on Theodoric's
court, 23-on the characters of
Basilius and Opilio, 52.

Gilbert de la Porrée, 130, 131, 139.

Gilles de Rome, 201.

Giraldus Cambrensis, 199.
Giraud de Barri, 201.
Glareanus, on the 'Cons.,' 6.
Γνῶθι σέαυτον, 94.

God, the summum bonum, 63, 64,
134, 137-orders all things for
good, 70-the Father of all, 83
-the Creator, 89, 136, 138-the
predicates applied to, 114-116,
129-131 - Boethius's conception
of, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87-Plato's
conception of, 83, 84-Proclus's
conception of, 87-His existence,
proof of, 86.

Godefroi de Saint-Victor, 254.
Good, the predicate, applied to
substances, 133-137.

Good, the highest. See Summum
bonum. Primary and second-

ary, 135, 136.

Good, the, always powerful, 65.
'Gorgias,' 65 n., 91 n., 98.

Gori, on the diptych of Monza, 140.
Gower, 239.

Greek, translation of the 'Cons.'
into, 235 and Latin compared,

144.

Gregory, translated by Alfred, 172.
Grote, 241, 247 n.
Grotius, 4.

Guillaume de Machault, 239.
Gundobad, king of the Burgun-
dians, 28.

Gunzo the grammarian, 245.

Hand, on Boethius's Christianity, 4.
Happiness, the misery of former,
60-self-mastery leads to true,

ib.

Hauréau, 'Hist. de la Phil. Scolas-
tique,' 241, 250.
Hearne, 229 n.

Heavenly bodies, 114, 125.
'Hebdomades,' 132 n.

Hehle,' Conciliengeschichte,' 157 n.
Helpes, reputed wife of Boethius,
24.

Henri de Valois, 30.

Heraclitus, and the theory of Uni-
versals, 246.

Hermes Trismegistus, 103.
Hildebrand, 'Boethius u. seine

Stellung zum Christenthume, 1,

9, 81, 98, 101 n., 103, 108,
117, 123-on the 'Hebdomades,'
132 n.

Hincmar of Rheims, 109.
'Histoire Litt. de la France,' 198,
200.
Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders,'
13, 15, 16 n., 17 n., 18 n., 33 n.,
35 n.-on the trial of Boethius,
46, 49, 51-Cassiodorus,' 16,
44 n.
Hofmann, C., quoted, 187 n.
Holder, A., 11.
Horace, quoted, 26.

'Hortus Deliciarum,' 187 n.
Hrabanus Maurus, 196, 254.
Hündgen, 178, 182.

Idea, the Platonic, 83, 92, 247.
Indiction, 44 n.

Intelligence, the peculiar charac-
teristic of God, 93-primary and
secondary, 69.

'Isagoge' of Porphyry, the, 57 n.,
94, 121, 244, 247, 249, 251.
Isonzo, battle of the, 21.

Italian translations of the 'Cons.,'
232-234.

'Italy and her Invaders.' See
Hodgkin.

Johannes Scotus. See Erigena.
John, Deacon. See John, Pope.
John de Gerson, 239.

John of Salisbury on the 'Cons.,' 4.
John, Pope, his mission to Con-
stantinople, 33-his death, 34—
tracts addressed to, 127, 128,
131.
John, St, 84.

John the chaplain, translator of the
'Cons.,' 229-231.

John Walton. See John the chap-
lain.

Jourdain, C., on the tracts, 5.

Justin, emperor, his proclamation

Man, akin to God, 93.
Mani, 84.

Mansion, Colard, 203.
Martianus Capella, 75.

Mathematics, the field of, 111, 123.
Matthew, St, quoted 95 n., 101, 104.
Maurice, 241, 249.

Maximian, bishop of Ravenna, 30.
Maximus Planudes, translator of
the Cons.,' 235.

Medieval literature, Boethius's in-
fluence on, see Boethius-
springs of, 163, 197, 198.
Menippus of Gadara, 74.
Messer Grazia da Siena, translator
of the 'Cons.,' 234.

Meyer, P., 182, 212, 213 - on
Anglo-Norman literature, 198-
on J. de Meun's translation,
202.

Neoplatonism in the 'Cons.,' 82,
87, 97.

Nero, the Menippaan satire in the
reign of, 75-Alfred on, 176.
Nestorianism, 142, 146-151, 153-155.
Nestorius. See Nestorianism.
Nicomachus, translated by Boe-
thius, 26.

Nitzsch, Das System des Boe-
thius,' 1, 4, 81, 83, 86, 108, 121,
122, 128, 153, 155.

Nominalism, 93-of Aristotle, 250,
254.

Notker Labeo, 191.

Notker Piperis gramma, 191.
Notker Teutonicus, life and works,
190-192-his translation of the
'Cons.,' 192-196, compared with
Alfred's, 194, 195, MS. used by
him for, 218; and see Chaucer
-his testimony to the 'De
Trin.,' 109-his system of phon-
etics, 196, 197.

Notker the Great. See N. Teut-
onicus.
Νούς, 88.

Number, two kinds of, 112, 113.