Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 268: Walter Hilton OSA, Book of Contemplation, Devotional and Spiritual Tracts

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: CCCC MS 268, dating to c. 1450, contains a collection of Middle English devotional and mystical texts. An inscription records its ownership in the fifteenth century by the Augustinian nun, Elizabeth Wylby, of Campsey Priory (Suffolk). Of the texts in the book, two are anonymous, although one claims to contain extracts in Middle English from Henry Suso OP (1295-1366), Horologium sapientiae. The other texts are attributed to Walter Hilton (c. 1343-96), the Book of Contemplation, in two parts. Late in his life in 1386, Walter became an Augustinian canon at Thurgarton (Nottinghamshire).
Contents: -- Book of Contemplation, book 1 -- Book of Contemplation, book 2

Description

Alternative title	Walter Hilton, etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 1 + 169
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1499]
Language	English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	34 lines to a page
Height (mm)	265
Width (mm)	180
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(8) (+1*) 2(8)-21(8) .
Writing	well written
Foliation	ff. i-iv + 1-169 + v-vi
Additions	f. 1r is blank. On f. 1v the English note of indulgence given by Nasmith.Unto every man or woman that seyth this prayere folwyng: Benedictum sit dulce nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi et gloriosissimae virginis Mariae matris ejus in eternum et ultra: Amen. Nos cum prole benedicat virgo Mariae: Amen. ar grauntyd iii yer of pardon tociens quociens of pope Clement the fourth atte the requeste of seynt Lowys kyng of Fraunce., At top of f. 2r (xvi early) Liber contemplationum Walteri Hilton. C. 32.
2 fo.	gostly

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rc376hd1492/MS_268.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tq589vt7408/268.pdf
Contains	Title Walter Hilton OSA, Book of Contemplation, book 1. 10r-54r Nasmith Contemplations of maister Walter Hylton in two books. 10r-54r Author Walter Hilton OSA Note A translation of his Scala perfectionis sive de vita contemplativa Rubric (10r) That the inder beyng of a man shuld be lyke to vutward apperaunce Incipit (10r) Gostly systre in Ihesu cryst I prey the that in callyng Explicit (52v) be with the now and evir Amen Rubric (52v) Here endith the fryst book of maister Walter hyltoun (52v) Sit nomen domini benedictum in secula seculorum. Amen Note (52v) Capitula of book I (93) Title Walter Hilton OSA, Book of Contemplation, book 2. 98r-169v Nasmith Contemplations of maister Walter Hylton in two books. 98r-169v Author Walter Hilton OSA Note (98r) Capitula of Liber II of W. Hilton (48) Text Incipit (99v) For as mykel as you coveityst gretly Note Ends Explicit (169v) of swiche gostly materys thanne mytte ben in a gret boke Rubric (169v) Deo gracias. J. S. Explicit liber secundus M. Walteri hyltoun Note (169v) After scribbles is: Md that I Elizabeth Wylby / (erasure) N... of ...ossee Gyffe thys boke(bottom of leaf cut off)
TJames	158
Stanley	R. 5
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/rq493yp3856
Location	MS 268
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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