Meditationes vitae Christi

Description

Title: Meditationes vitae Christi
Creator: Johannes, de Caulibus, 14th cent
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single cursive gothic bookhand, of this popular Latin devotional work on the life of Christ. Long attributed to St. Bonaventure, the work is now considered to be by the fourteenth-century Franciscan Johannes de Caulibus. This version, copied in England, contains the three "Canticle chapters" often omitted in later copies
Description: In Latin.
Annotations: numerous corrections and additions in a contemporary or near-contemporary hand, apparently the records of a collation of this copy of the text against another version.
Layout: laid out in double columns, ruled in plummet.
Script: written in a single cursive gothic bookhand.
Decoration: numerous two-line initials in blue and red.
Binding: modern brown calf over contemporary wooden boards (leaving original lacing paths visible).
Provenance: Former owners include: John Enderby; Cuthbert Dale; Francis Dale; Rev. Matthew Snow; John Paget; Sir John Paget; Joseph Pope. Bergandal Collection of Medieval Manuscripts (Bergandal 27). Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's sale 2011 July 5, lot 88) on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2012.
Extent: 94 + iv. l. : 220 x 160 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Meditations
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Jesus Christ
Johannes, de Caulibus, 14th cent.
Franciscans.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Devotional literature
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Jesus Christ > Biography > Meditations
Jesus Christ > Biography > Meditations > Early works to 1800
Johannes, de Caulibus, 14th cent
Franciscans
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Devotional literature > Early works to 1800
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Johannes de Caulibus, Meditationes vitae Christi. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.