The Boecis (original name: Lo poema de Boecis, , ; "The poem of Boethius") is an anonymous fragment written around the year 1000 CE in the Limousin dialect of Old Occitan, currently spoken only in southern France. Of the possibly hundreds or thousands of original lines, only 257 are now known. This poem was inspired by the work De consolatione philosophiae of the Latin poet, philosopher and politician Boethius (~480-524). Fragments Laisses 23 to 28: XXIII XXIV XXV XXVII XXVIII Notes Further reading Cropp, G.M. "The Occitan Boecis, the Medieval French Tradition of the Consolatio Philosophiae and Philosophy's Gown." In Études de langue et de littérature médiévales offertes à Peter T. Ricketts, ed. D. Billy and A. Buckley. Turnhout, 2005. pp. 255–66. Lavaud, R. and G. Machicot (eds.). Boecis, Poème sur Boèce (fragment). Toulouse, 1950. Schwarze, C. (ed.). Der altprovenzalische Boeci. Forschungen zur romanischen Philologie 12. Münster, 1963. External links Full text in Old Occitan Université de la Sorbonne CRDP Montpelhièr Medieval poetry Occitan literature