500–600 AD
The sixth century AD preserves important works of philosophy, monasticism, Roman law, liturgical music, and comparative religious thought. This section highlights Boethius, Benedictine monastic traditions, Justinian legal scholarship, Gregorian chant studies, and early modern introductions to Zen Buddhism.
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The Rule of Saint Benedict
Translated with an introduction by Cardinal Gasquet. Half-title: The Mediaeval Library, under the general editorship of Sir I. Gollancz.
The Holy Rule of Our Most Holy Father Benedict
Translated by a priest of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani.
The Consolation of Philosophy: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy; Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ; Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
With an introduction by Irwin Edman. Half-title: The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. “First Modern Library edition, 1943.”
The Theological Tractates; The Consolation of Philosophy
The Theological Tractates, with an English translation by H. F. Stewart and E. K. Rand. The Consolation of Philosophy, with the English translation of “I.T.” (1609), revised by H. F. Stewart. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library.
A Short Treatise on Gregorian Accompaniment, According to the Principles of the Monks of Solesmes
By Achille P. Bragers. Bibliography included in Introduction. Appendix: Completely harmonized melodies (with instructive comments): p. [65]–80.
The Propositional Logic of Boethius
Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. Bibliographical references in “Abbreviations.”
The Institutes of Justinian
With English introduction, translation, and notes by the late Thomas Collett Sandars. Main entry: Corpus juris civilis. Institutiones.
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
With a foreword by C. G. Jung. His Complete Works.
Institutes of the Roman Law of Civil Procedure
By Leopold Wenger; translated by Otis Harrison Fisk, with an introduction by Roscoe Pound. Revised edition. Appendix: The new (1933, Florentine) fragments of the Institutes of Gaius which are referred to by Wenger. List of some abbreviated references. Table of…