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.
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 paper (unidentified watermarks along upper edge) of Ps.-Dionysius the Aereopagite, De ecclesiastica hierarchia, translated into Latin by John the Scot
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Erigena, Johannes Scotus, approximately 810-approximately 877. and Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.
Subject (Topic):
Mysticism, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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 ...
Alternative Title:
De Emendatione vitae and other works
Description:
In Latin.
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
Manuscript on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology ...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366. and Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Devotional literature, French, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript on parchment of Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae, translated into Italian. With Office of Eternal Wisdom (Cursus de aeterna sapientia), composed by Henry Suso; and several anonymous, miscellaneous texts
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the complete text of Hilton's Scale of Perfection. Volume also contains the complete text of Hilton's brief tract, Of angels' song
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hilton, Walter, -1396.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript on paper of 1) Pseudo-Augustine, Soliloquia, translated into Greek by Demetrius Cydonius; first leaf missing. 2) Creed of St. Athanasius. 3) Various prayers and hymns, some by John of Damascus and Macarius, but most anonymous
Description:
In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Augustinus. and Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Creeds, Hymns, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mysticism, and Prayers
