Speculum Christiani

The Speculum Christiani is a middle English religious treatise of the fourteenth century.

Speculum Christiani
AuthorJohn Watton and Caducanus Bangoriensis
LanguageLatin
SubjectHistory
PublisherWilliam de Machlinia
Publication date
1486
Publication placeKingdom of England

Background

The Speculum Christiani has been described as a fourteenth century didactic text.[1] It was edited by Gustav Holmstedt.[2]

Appearance

It is a manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, in the form of a fourteenth-century pastoral manual. The text is in eight sections, or Tabulae, in Latin, with extensive passages in Middle English prose and interpolated Middle English verse.[3]

Provenance

The text was previously owned by Robert Leicester Harmsworth.[3] It was printed by William de Machlinia in 1486.[4]

A manuscript of the Speculum Christiani is currently preserved in the library of Jesus College, Cambridge.[5] Several manuscripts are currently preserved in the Bodleian Library.[6]

See also

References
  1. Thiery, D. E. (May 16, 2009). Polluting the Sacred: Violence, Faith and the 'Civilizing' of Parishioners in Late Medieval England. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-17387-3 – via Google Books.
  2. Kemmler, Fritz (May 5, 1984). "Exempla" in Context: A Historical and Critical Study of Robert Mannyng of Brunne's "Handlyng Synne". Gunter Narr Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87808-446-4 – via Google Books.
  3. Speculum Christiani. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Yale University Library.
  4. "Speculum Christiani". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  5. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. Society of Antiquaries of London. May 5, 1842 – via Google Books.
  6. "Speculum Christiani [Latin and Middle English] - Medieval Manuscripts". Oxford Libraries. Retrieved May 5, 2024.


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