Spring 2006Vol. 12, No. 2 IBS Newsletter

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Influence and Age of Boethius

Carmina Philosophiae: Journal of theInternational Boethius Society hasreceived a generous grant in the amountof $2000 from the Virginia Peck TrustFund, administered by the Department ofEnglish at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, in support of the publicationof Volume 14 (2005).The International Boethius Society

CARMINA PHILOSOPHIAERECEIVES $2000 GRANT

SOCIETY NEWS: REPORT FROM IBS AT MLA 2005IN WASHINGTON DC AND KALAMAZOO 2006

The International Boethius Society’ssession at the Annual Meeting of theModern Language Association inWashington DC, this past December waslate in the schedule, but still enjoyed alively conversation following thepresentations.Many thanks to our panelists, PaulEdward Szarmach, of Western MichiganUniversity, and Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr.,of Troy University, and to Philip EdwardPhillips, of Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, for presiding.Congratulations to them for a successfulpanel, and many thanks to all whoattended.763. The English Tradition of Boethius’

Consolation of Philosophy1:45–3:00 p.m., Dupont, Washington HiltonPresiding: Philip Edward Phillips,Middle Tennessee State University.1. “Alfred’s Translation of the Meters ofBoethius,” Paul Edward Szarmach,Western Michigan University2. “Queen Elizabeth I’s Translation of theConsolatio,” Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., TroyUniversity

expresses its sincere appreciation to theVirginia Peck Trust Fund Committeeand to the Department of English atMTSU for supporting the journal.We also wish to thank Dr. PhilipEdward Phillips for his role inprocuring this grant for the benefit ofthe Society and Boethius scholarseverywhere.

Phillip Edward Phillips, Paul Szarmach and NoelKaylor at the Modern Language Association inWashington DC, December 2005.

Some of the IBS officers also met duringthe MLA to discuss fundraising for theSociety. Thanks to their efforts, we havetwo new membership categories, givingour members more opportunities toparticipate in the financial future of theSociety. Our thanks to Paul Szarmachand Philip Edward Phillips for renewingas “Sustaining Members” and to KristaTwu for renewing as a “ContributingMember.” We hope that others willfollow in their renewals next year.

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MLA 2006

The International Boethius Societysponsored the following session onFriday, 5 May, at the 41st InternationalCongress on Medieval Studies atWestern Michigan University: “Boethius and the Middle Ages”Organizer & Presider: Philip EdwardPhillips, Middle Tennessee State U.1. “The Twelve Divisions of the AS: TheirUse in the Commentarius in PlatonisTimaeum by Cacidius and the Deinstitutione musica libri quinque byBoethius,” Illo Humphrey, Univ. deParis—Nanterre2. "Repeating, or Rethinking? HowTenth- and Eleventh-Century ScholarsEngaged Boethius's ConsolatioPhilosophiae,” Joseph S. Wittig, Univ. ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill3. "The Old English Translation ofBoethius's De consolatione philosophiae,”Susanne Gaertner, Ludwig-Maximillians,Univ. MunchenOver 45 people attended the session, andafterward, the IBS and the MedievalInstitute sponsored a reception

SOCIETY NEWS: REPORT FROM IBS AT KALAMAZOO &A NEW BOETHIUS PUBLICATION

The International Boethius Society willsponsor an open session at the AnnualMeeting of the Modern LanguageAssociation in Philadelphia, 27-30December 2006.Time and place to be announced in theconvention program and the next IBSNewsletter.We hope that we will see you there.

2006 MLA MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA, PA

Call for Papers:

The Editors of Carmina Philosophiae aresoliciting submissions for next year’svolume. Articles and/or manuscripteditions should be10-30 pages andconform to the Chicago Manual of Style.Send two copies to Philip EdwardPhillips. Articles are peer reviewed andindexed in the MLA Bibliography, theInternational Medieval Bibliography andnow also in the Philosopher’s Index. Thejournal welcomes a variety ofapproaches to Boethius, his influenceand his age.

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celebrating the forthcoming publicationof New Directions in Boethian Studies—seepage 4 for details. Thanks to everyonewho attended the session and helped uscelebrate at the reception.We have requested another session onBoethius for the 42nd Congress in 2007,and if granted, a call for papers willappear on the Medieval Institute’swebsite and in the next IBS Newsletter.Other Society News: We are pleased toannounce the publication of an essaypresented at the IBS panel at the 2000MLA: Jonathan Nauman ,“Boethius andHenry Vaughan: The ConsolatioTranslations of Olor Iscanus,” in OfParadise and Light: Essays on HenryVaughan and John Milton in Honor of AlanRudrum, eds. Dickson and Nelson, (U.Delaware Press, 2004), pp. 192-201.

Presider: Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., Troy UOrganizer: Philip Edward Phillips,Middle Tennessee SU1. "Boethius as a Source for Late-Medieval German Didactic Poetry: TheExample of Heinrich der Teicher,"Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona,Tucson2. "Musica Mundana: Beyond Boethius,"Jeongwon Joe, University of Cincinnati

Call for Reviewers:

Book Reviewers Needed: If you areinterested in reviewing a book forpublication in Carmina Philosophiae,please contact Philip Edward Phillips.Peer Reviewers Needed: In order tomaintain our high standards ofpublication, the editors of CarminaPhilosophiae would like to solicit theassistance of society members to serve aspeer reviewers. If interested, pleasecontact Philip Edward Phillips. Include abrief c.v. and indicate your area(s) ofexpertise and, if appropriate, whatlanguages you feel comfortable reading.

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Carmina Philosophiae 14 (2005)—our first“French Issue”—is almost ready to besent to press, and Volume 15 (2006) isshaping up. We need to continue ourefforts to ensure the publication of futurevolumes. The Society considers it apriority to increase the number ofinstitutional subscriptions to CarminaPhilosophiae to help raise revenues and toassure the strength and growth ofBoethius Studies. Currently most librariesdo not subscribe, and so most scholarsmust resort to interlibrary loan to consultthe journal. Widening our distribution

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New Directions in Boethian Studies, ed.Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. and PhilipEdward Phillips (Kalamazoo: MedievalInstitute Publications, 2006). It is listedas an Upcoming Title for fall 2006 intheir spring 2006 catalogue.Table of Contents:Introduction:Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. and Philip Edward PhillipsI. The Philosophical Background of Sufficientia in

Boethius’s Consolation, Book III—William J.Asbell, Jr.Boethius’s Consolatio Philosophiae as a BridgeBetween Classical and Christian Conceptions ofTragedy—Christine HeroldThis is Comforting?: Boethius’s Consolation ofPhilosophy, Rhetoric, Dialectic & “Unicum IlludInter Homines Deumque Commercium”—Krista Sue-Lo Twu

II. A Dit contre Fortune, the Medieval FrenchBoethian Consolatio Contained in MS Paris,Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 25418—J. KeithAtkinsonAn Italian Translation of Le Livre de Boece de

FORTHCOMING: NEW DIRECTIONS IN BOETHIAN STUDIES

OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOETHIUS SOCIETY

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Many thanks to the Collegeof Liberal Arts at theUniversity of MinnesotaDuluth for its continuingsupport for the productionand dissemination of theIBS Newsletter.

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Consolacion—Glynnis M. CroppSome Vernacular Versions of Boethius’s DeConsolatione Philosophiae in Medieval Spain:Notes on their Relationship with theCommentary Tradition—Francesca Ziino

III. Visualizing Boethius’s Consolation as Romance—Ann W. AstellThe Eternal Trangle of Writer, Patron andFortune in Late MedievalLiterature—Christopher HouswitschkaBoethius, the Wife of Bath, and the Dialectic ofParadox—Michael Masi

IV. Boethius, Christ, and the NewOrder—Romanus Cessario, O.P.The Muses in the Consolation: Responses fromLate-Medieval Mythographers, 1150-1500—Graham N. Drake

V. The Boke of Coumfort of Bois—edited by NoelHarold Kaylor, Jr. and Philip Edward Phillips

SecretaryPhilip Edward Phillips

Middle Tennessee State University

Editors, Carmina PhilosophiaeNoel Harold Kaylor, Jr.Philip Edward Phillips

Editor, IBS NewsletterKrista Sue-Lo Twu

University of Minnesota Duluth