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[These ben the chapitres] of thys tretyse [of ye seuen poyntes] of trewe loue and [--] euerlastynge wysdom drawen out of ye booke yt is writen in latyn and and cleped Orologium sapiencie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366. Horologium sapientiae, author.
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula, author.
- Peter, of Blois, approximately 1135-approximately 1212. De XII utilitatibus tribulationis, author.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Book of divers ghostly matters.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mysticism--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Mysticism.
- History.
- Mysticism--Middle Ages.
- Devotional literature--Early works to 1800.
- Devotional literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 unnumbered pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Emprynted at Westmynstre : [By Wyllelm~u Caxton] by desiryng of certeyn worshipfull persones, [1491].
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Printers' device (McK. 1a) at end of section two.
- Imprint and contents from colophon; printer's name from part 1 colophon; publication date from STC.
- In three parts, each with caption title and separate signatures.
- "Seuen poyntes of trewe loue and euerlastynge wysdom" (first part) is extracted from: Suso, Heinrich. Horologium sapientiae; "The xij. profittes of tribulacyon" (second part) trans. from Peter Blois; "A compendious abstracte .. out of the holy rule of saynte Benet" (third part) is abstracted from: Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula--Cf. STC (2nd edition) 3305 and 20412.
- Formerly also STC 13827.
- Signatures: A-M8 A-D8 aa-bb8 cc4.
- Imperfect: British Library copy has part 2 only; Cambridge University Library has part 2 only, which lacks A8; Durham Cathedral Library copy lacks all before signature K and parts of ² D; John Rylands University Library of Manchester copy is torn, tightly bound, and stained, affecting legibility; bracketed words in title supplied from STC (2nd edition).
- Reproductions of the originals in the British Library (reel I-4:5), the Cambridge University Library (reel 1:6), the Durham Cathedral Library (reel 1656:5), and the John Rylands University Library of Manchester(reel 1788:15).
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; I-4:5, 1:6, 1656:5, 1788:15)
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- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 3305.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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