Speculum Christiani, [circa 1450].
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Description
- Title
- Speculum Christiani, [circa 1450].
- Creator
- Wotton, Johannes
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper in Anglicana (Scribe 1, ff. 1-62v) and Secretary script (Scribe 2, 64r-100v), produced in England in the mid-fifteenth century
In addition to the Speculum Christiani (ff. 64r-100v), the manuscript contains an unidentified Latin alphabetical preacher's manual (ff. 1r-62v), compiled for the purpose of composing sermons. It is incomplete at the beginning, starting with the entry Amor, and continues with 149 entries to Christi acensio (under X).
Spine title: "MS Loci qm Theologi Ord: Alpho 80."
- Description
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In Latin and Middle English.
Headings and various names and phrases in the Speculum Christiani are rubricated.
Spiritual diagram on f. 85v: two ladders are drawn, one for "Celum," one for "Infernum." On the rungs are written the virtues and vices pertaining to each, eight for heaven and nine for hell. The uprights are inscribed Spes and Fides for heaven, and Superbia and Larga Conscientia for hell.
Binding: limp vellum. - Provenance
- Ex libris Lord Tollemache. Bequest of James M. Osborn, 1976.
- Extent
- 102 29 cm. x 20 cm. f. ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fa2
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
- Wotton, Johannes.
- Subject (Topic)
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Catholic Church
Spiritual life
Preaching
History - Subjects
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Wotton, Johannes
Catholic Church > Spiritual life > Early works to 1800
Preaching > Early works to 1800
Preaching > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Johannes Wotton, Speculum Christiani. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9362096
- Object ID (OID)
- 11394887
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