[Footnote89:LeClerchascomposedacriticalandphilosophicallifeofAniciusManliusSeverinusBoetius，Bibliot。Choisie，tom。xvi。p。168—275；andbothTiraboschitom。iii。andFabriciusBibliotLatin。maybeusefullyconsulted。Thedateofhisbirthmaybeplacedabouttheyear470，andhisdeathin524，inaprematureoldage，Consol。Phil。Metrica。i。p。5。]
[Footnote90:FortheageandvalueofthisMs。，nowintheMediceanlibraryatFlorence，seetheCenotaphiaPisanap。430—
447ofCardinalNoris。]
[Footnote91:TheAthenianstudiesofBoethiusaredoubtful，Baronius，A。D。510，No。3，fromaspurioustract，DeDisciplinaScholarum，andthetermofeighteenyearsisdoubtlesstoolong:
butthesimplefactofavisittoAthensisjustifiedbymuchinternalevidence，Brucker，Hist。Crit。Philosoph。tom。iii。p。