Manuscript on paper containing 1) Mechthild of Hackeborn, Liber specialis gratiae (excerpts), f1r-5r; 2) Meditations of St Bernard (excerpts), f5v-8r; 3) Thomas à Kempis, Hortulus Rosarum, f8v-36v
Description:
The Liber specialis gratiae records the visions of Mechthild of Hackeborn as told to St. Gertrude Helfta (Gertrude the Great) and another unidentified nun-scribe., In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Layout: Single columns of 21 lines. Ruled in plummet., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: 2-line red initials; rubricated., Binding: Modern gilt full red morocco by Charles de Samblanx (1855-1943). Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Spine reads: "Ortulus rosarum" and "Manuscrit du XVe." Marbled slipcase., Secundo folio: lens., and Bookseller description available.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mechthild, of Hackeborn, 1241 or 1242-1299?
Subject (Topic):
Devotio moderna, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Meditation, Mysticism, Catholic Church, and Women mystics
Manuscript, on parchment, containing the complete text of Richard Rolle's De emendatione vitae. This is followed by a complitation of extracts from texts mainly by Rolle, including portions of the Incendium amoris and the Melum and a passage from the Speculum peccatoris of Pseudo-Augustine. Followed by Thomas Fishlake's Latin translation of both books of Walter Hilton's The Scale of Perfection. William Jordaen's Latin translation of Willem Ruusbroec's van den blinckenden Steen appears between Books 1 and 2 of the Hilton
Alternative Title:
De Emendatione vitae and other works
Description:
In Latin., With: multiple entries on front and back flyleaves in Latin and English containing notes on the family history of various members of the Heneage family, 1528-1820 and undated. Also 6 pages of similar notes, laid in., With: two horoscopes on back flyleaves for Michael Heneage, 1532 March 28., Layout: single columns of 34 lines., Script: anglicana., Decoration: two full-page borders accompanied by three-line foliate initials on a gold ground (ff.1, 40); three three-sided borders (ff.32, 35, 92v), four- and five-line initials in gold on a ground of blue and red with white ornament and leafy sprays extending into the margin (ff.20v, 90v, 92v), one three-line foliate initial on a gold ground with extensions forming a two-sided border (f.81), two-line and three-line initials alternately in gold with blue penwork, or blue with red penwork, usually forming reserved leafy designs within the body of the initial and extending up and down the left margin, one- to six-line paraphs in the text and margins alternately gold with blue penwork or blue with red penwork,, and Binding: contemporary white doeskin over cushioned boards, sewn on six double bands; remains of two clasps including nails. Lower edge of leaves inscribed "hylton" in a contemporary hand. Center of upper board inscribed with a capital E and W-B in a nineteenth century hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Heneage family. and Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), Translations into Latin, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Translations from English (Middle)., Manuscripts, Medieval, Mysticism, Catholic Church, and Spiritual life