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14tc century mysticism

SUSO  Horologium aeternae sapientiae Köln 1501 Edited by Elsbeth Stagel

"In the second half of the fourteenth and in the fifteenth century there was no more widely read meditation book in the German Language." (CE https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm) 573J  Henricus Suso. (1295-1366)  Horologium aeternae sapientiae. Cologne: Johann Landen, December 1500/1501. Price SOLD Octavo,... Continue Reading →

SUSO  Horologium aeternae sapientiae Köln 1501

"In the second half of the fourteenth and in the fifteenth century there was no more widely read meditation book in the German Language." (CE https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm) 573J  Henricus Suso. (1295-1366)  Horologium aeternae sapientiae. Cologne: Johann Landen, December 1500/1501. Price SOLD Octavo,... Continue Reading →

601J Augustinus (pseudo) Jean de Fécamp 

601J Libellus meditationum Jean de Fécamp (early 11th century - 22 February 1079) Pseudo-Augustine; Saint Augustine 354-430; Bernard of Claravallensis 1090-1153; Peter Damian 1007-1072; Saint Anselm of Canterbury, 1033-1109; Vincent Ferrer 1350-1419; Maffeo Vegio 1407-1458; Pope Pius II,(Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini)... Continue Reading →

So…? What is that book? What is it about??

A lot of early books don't seem to give you much from a distance. That might be a major attraction for me, yet at book fairs a lot of book lovers are reluctant to look into or even peek at,... Continue Reading →

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