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ColloquiaAquitana II - 3rd to 5th of August 2006Duras (France, Lot-et-Garonne, 47120)The MuseumConservatorium of Parchment and Illumination (Musée Conservatoire du Parcheminet de l'Enluminure de Duras, France, Lot-et-Garonne -47120 : http://www.museeduparchemin.com/colloque.htm), situated in the peaceful south-westernAquitanian region of France, in the town of Duras (F-47120) organizes, underthe high patronage of the city of Duras, the Conseil Général of Lot-et-Garonne,the Conseil Régional of Aquitania, the DRAC of Aquitania, the Communauté deCommune de Duras, its second annual interdisciplinary scientific Symposium, ColloquiaAquitana II, scheduled for the 3rd, 4th and 5th of August 2006. The ColloquiaAquitana II will focus upon the Italian Pythagorean, Platonist andChristian Philosopher Boethius (Roma, ca. 480 – Pavia, ca. 524),who, within to context of the scientific-philosophical Tradition ofKnowledge of western Europe, was in all respects the powerful hyphenbetween Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The Colloquia Aquitana II –2006 are entitled : Boèce : l'homme, le philosophe, lescientifique, son œuvre et son rayonnement (Boethius : the Man, thePhilosopher, the Scientist, his Work and its Outreach). This theme, which,“ita sponte ac naturaliter”, implies interdisciplinary and integratedresearch, such as : the philosophy of numbers and proportions (quadruviumor quadrivium : ars arithmetica • ars musicaars geometrica • ars astronomica), the philosophy of grammar(trivuim : ars grammatica • ars dialectica • arsrhetorica), philosophy of moral ethics (Latin : « summa bona »or « quattuor uirtutes animæ »), the philosophy of image painting(Iconography), the faculty of the five senses (Latin : sensorium),the philosophy of sense perception (Latin : perceptio • perceptiosensuum), the philosophy of the cognitive process (Latin : cognitio),proto-philology (the interrelated critical study of, and the respect for, theprimary characteristics of texts, their glosses and their “notaesentenciarum”, of “notae tironianae”, of punctuation, palæography,codicology, etc.), language, poetry, literature, theology, prosopography,hagiography, history, etc., clearly covers the full gamut of interrelatedfields of research which interested Boethius indeed, and in most of which hedemonstrated, at times only by short passages or parenthetical allusions, fullconceptual understanding.  In the last25 years, there have been three major Symposiums on Boethius, the first two ofwhich, dating back to 1980, may be considered as complementary andtwin-symposiums, both having been published in 1981. The first one, Boethius.His Life, Thought and Influence, was organized and edited in Oxford (BasilBlackwell Press) by Margaret T. Gibson, the very first president of theInternational Boethius Society, bringing together 18 studies spanning themillennium from the 6th to the 16th century, in 427 pages, plus manuscriptIndex and general Index. The second was held in Pavia on the 5th – 8th ofOctober, 1980 and edited in Rome by Luca Obertello and Giovanni Scanavino, AttiCongresso internazionale di Studi Boeziani (Editrice Herder), bringingtogether 28 studies divided into two distinct parts : 20 « Relazioni » (p.15-283) and 8 « Communicazioni » (p. 287-375), contains 386 pages withoutIndex. The third Symposium, of equal interest, organized in Paris in 1999, wasedited in 2003 by Alain Galonnier, Boèce ou la chaîne des savoirs, Actesdu colloque international de la Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris, 8th –12th of June, 1999 (Peeters Publishers), Philosophes médiévaux 44,XVIII-789 pages, 36 Studies, cf. http://chspam.vjf.cnrs.fr/Boece.htm ; http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=7495.  In lighthowever of the most recent interdisciplinary research on Boethius during thelast five to ten years, spearheaded in the United States of America by themembers of the International Boethius Society, and in Europe by the members ofthe newly-formed French Aquitanian Mediæval Research Team of the MuseumConservatorium of Parchment and Illumination in Duras, the Colloquia AquitanaII seek to take up where these three excellent Symposiums left off, and towiden the chronological scope of Boethian Studies, incorporating into them the33 generations of scientific-philosophical research leading up to Boethius, aswell as the 50 odd generations of research which have followed Boethius, thatis to say all the way from the philosophy of numbers and proportions (characterizedby the very fundamental study of the “Octave Regime” ; cf. Boethii Dearithmetica, II : 2 ; I. Humphrey ; K. Barlow ; etc.), to the philosophyof learning through sense perception (characterized by the very complex studyof the “Cognitive Process” ; cf. Boethii De musica, I : 1 ; I.Reznikoff ; A. Beck ; J. Beck ; J. Cottraux ; etc. ).  The mainobjectives then of the Colloquia Aquitana II – 2006are to take into account all the most recent integrated research on Boethiusand to bring together on the beautiful Aquitanian mediæval site of Duras, inperfect diapason harmony, specialists from all over the World, who willcontribute to a new, comprehensive and updated 21st-century publication on thePlatonist Anicius Manlius [Torquatus] Severinus Boethius, the scientificphilosopher who was indeed one of the most powerful hyphens between Antiquityand the Middle Ages, as well as between the Middle Ages and the present modernWorld. The Acts of the Colloquia Aquitana II – 2006 will bepublished by the Éditions Le Manuscrit-Université : http://www.manuscrit-universite.com/universite/, which is at present the officialeditorial partner of the Musée Conservatoire du Parchemin et de l'Enluminure deDuras (France, Lot-et-Garonne - 47120). Theannouncement of the theme of the Colloquia Aquitana II –2006 has already given rise to great enthusiasm by its partners and by thosewho do research on subjects related to Boethius. As of the 23rd of October 2005 (Festum Ticino [i.e. Papiæ], Mediolano Brixiæque sancti SeveriniBoethii, decimo kalendas novembris), the Musée Conservatoire du Parcheminet de l'Enluminure, via its Web Site : http://www.museeduparchemin.com/colloque.htm, began its call for Abstracts,giving detailed indications which will guide the potential participants intheir choice of subject matter. The organizers allow full scientific andcreative liberty and encourage them even to prepare several papers on differentselected topics, according to his or her different fields of specialization andinterest. The announcement on the Web Site contains also practical informationconcerning the TGV travel time-table, as well as information concerning roomand board accommodations in the city and surroundings of Duras. • Explicit •(IH : ih) •• FestumTicino sancti Severini Boethii• die dominico decimo kalendas novembris• annoDomini B bis millesimo quinto • (Feast in Pavia of St. Severinus Boethius, Sunday october 23rd 2005) • 