Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was a Roman saint, senator and polymath in the Early Middle Ages. He translated many of the Greek classics into Latin. In 1491, he published De institutione musica libri quinque, one of the most significant medieval texts on music theory.
See also
- Boethius’ comma
- Boethius chords
- Boethian temperament
- Boethius’ minor sixth
- Boethius’ major third
- Boethius’ semitone
- Boethius chromatic scale
- 36ed7
- Holdrian comma
Further reading
- Translation of De institutione musica - Yale University Press, (1989)
- Reconstructing the Songs of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy - Cambridge University (Aug 2016)
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