A mirror to devout people (speculum devotorum) / edited by Paul J. Patterson.

Other author Patterson, Paul J., editor.
Format Book
PublicationUnited Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Descriptionliv, 252 pages : facsimiles ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Parallel title Speculum devotorum
SeriesEarly English Text Society ; O.S. 346
Early English Text Society (Series). Original series 346, 2016 (for 2015) ^A466690
Contents Mirror to Devout People -- Manuscripts and early provenance -- The relationship of Gg and ND -- Language of the texts -- Sources [Meditaciones vitae Christi -- The Vulgate Bible and biblical commentaries -- Approved women -- Othyr doctorys] -- Editorial method.
Abstract This volume presents for the first time a Middle English Life of Christ, with additional religious advice, written in the early fifteenth century by a Carthusian monk at the Sheen Charterhouse for a nun at the nearby Bridgettine Syon Abbey. Both the Sheen Charterhouse and Syon were recent royal foundations, established by Henry V. The Mirror is an important example of the devotional works produced to satisfy demand among laity as well as professed religious, wanting to read lives of Christ in the years following the repressive legislation of Archbishop Arundel (1409), which placed severe restrictions on biblical translation into English, intended to limit the spread of heresy. The Mirror, written in the tradition of the highly successful translation by another Carthusian, Nicholas Love, of Pseudo-Bonaventure's life of Christ, testifies to the demand for such material in pious households.
Local noteFOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, EARLY ENGLISH TEX SOCIETY (SERIES). ORIGINAL SERIES, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER PR1119 .A2.
General noteIncludes glossary (pages [219]-233).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LanguageText in Middle English followed by the prayer 'O Intemerata' in Latin; introduction, notes and commentary in English.
Genre/formEarly works.
Genre/formMeditations.
ISBN0198744978
ISBN9780198744979

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