Why it is important to put borders in your comic-strip format bible illustrations

Ok, I'm repulsed by the fact that I've done this, but... Apologies to the scribe of Junius 11, and away we go:

( not dial up friendly )

OK. King Alfred('s translator). Boethius. We can do this.

As I mentioned yesterday, I was planning to do something on visions and cosmology. And then I discovered the Alfredian Boethius and the complicated world of Boethian studies and decided that looked like more fun. However, tomorrow, I have to give David an essay proposal. With any luck, this entry will turn into an essay proposal.

( A (rather bad) description of the Alfredian education program, and some incoherent thoughts on the Consolation, which happily did lead me to a question )

Ok. Question:
Does the Old English "Consolation of Philosophy" present a uniquely Anglo-Saxon cosmology? How does this relate to the cosmology of the Boethian original?

Expect another entry before I sort myself out to write the essay. I've decided that if I can't explain to niamh_sage what I'm researching and why it's interesting, then I stand no chance of convincing Microsoft Word of its value. Microsoft Word really is the most unsympathetic audience I've ever had, and I swear it's getting more and more hostile as time goes on.