Book contents
- Frontmatter
- General Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Manuscripts Checked and Found to Contain no Middle English Material
- Summary List of Contents
- Dd.1.1
- Dd.1.10
- Dd.1.17
- Dd.1.22
- Dd.1.27
- Dd.2.33
- Dd.3.45
- Dd.3.52
- Dd.3.53
- Dd.4.24
- Dd.4.44
- Dd.4.45
- Dd.4.51
- Dd.4.54
- Dd.5.53
- Dd.5.55
- Dd.5.64
- Dd.5.76
- Dd.6.1
- Dd.6.9
- Dd.6.29
- Dd.6.59
- Dd.7.6
- Dd.7.14
- Dd.8.2
- Dd.8.12
- Dd.8.19
- Dd.9.18
- Dd.9.38
- Dd.10.21
- Dd.10.44
- Dd.10.50
- Dd.10.52
- Dd.11.45
- Dd.11.82
- Dd.11.89
- Dd.12.23
- Dd.12.39
- Dd.12.51
- Dd.12.69
- Dd.14.2
- Dd.14.26
- Dd.14.30
- Dd.15.19
- Ee.1.2
- Ee.1.3
- Ee.1.10
- Ee.1.13
- Ee.1.14
- Ee.1.15
- Ee.1.18
- Ee.2.12
- Ee.2.15
- Ee.2.26
- Ee.2.29
- Ee.4.19
- Ee.4.20
- Ee.4.21
- Ee.4.25
- Ee.4.30
- Ee.4.31
- Ee.4.32
- Ee.4.35
- Ee.4.37
- Ee.5.13
- Ee.5.18
- Ee.5.22
- Ee.6.6
- Ee.6.20
- Ee.6.33
- Ff.1.6
- Ff.1.14
- Ff.2.6
- Ff.2.26
- Ff.2.38
- Ff.3.1
- Ff.3.11
- Ff.4.14
- Ff.4.15
- Ff.5.5
- Ff.5.30
- Ff.5.35
- Ff.5.40
- Ff.5.45
- Ff.5.47
- Ff.5.48
- Ff.6.2
- Ff.6.8
- Ff.6.21
- Ff.6.30
- Ff.6.31
- Ff.6.33
- Ff.6.34
- Ff.6.41
- Ff.6.51
- Ff.6.55
- Gg.1.1
- Gg.1.6
- Gg.1.34
- Gg.3.29
- Gg.4.10
- Gg.4.12
- Gg.4.25
- Gg.4.27
- Gg.4.31
- Gg.4.32
- Gg.5.7
- Gg.6.7
- Gg.6.8
- Gg.6.16
- Gg.6.22
- Gg.6.23
- Gg.6.25
- Gg.6.26
- Hh.1.3
- Hh.1.11
- Hh.1.12
- Hh.1.13
- Hh.3.11
- Hh.3.13
- Hh.6.9
- Hh.6.13
- Ii.1.2
- Ii.1.36
- Ii.1.38
- Ii.1.40
- Ii.2.5
- Ii.2.12
- Ii.2.24
- Ii.3.8
- Ii.3.21
- Ii.3.26
- Ii.4.3
- Ii.4.9
- Ii.5.11
- Ii.5.18
- Ii.5.41
- Ii.6.2
- Ii.6.11
- Ii.6.17
- Ii.6.19
- Ii.6.26
- Ii.6.31
- Ii.6.33
- Ii.6.39
- Ii.6.40
- Ii.6.43
- Ii.6.55
- Kk.1.3
- Kk.1.5
- Kk.1.6
- Kk.1.7
- Kk.1.8
- Kk.1.9
- Kk.1.12
- Kk.2.6
- Kk.2.9
- Kk.2.13
- Kk.2.16
- Kk.4.23
- Kk.4.24
- Kk.4.26
- Kk.5.29
- Kk.6.2
- Kk.6.6
- Kk.6.12
- Kk.6.26
- Kk.6.28
- Kk.6.30
- Kk.6.33
- Kk.6.44
- Ll.1.8
- Ll.1.11
- Ll.1.12
- Ll.1.13
- Ll.1.18
- Ll.2.2
- Ll.2.9
- Ll.2.14
- Ll.3.11
- Ll.4.3
- Ll.4.14
- Ll.4.17
- Ll.5.18
- Mm.1.15
- Mm.1.29
- Mm.1.41
- Mm.1.44
- Mm.2.5
- Mm.2.15
- Mm.3.2
- Mm.3.13
- Mm.3.21
- Mm.3.29
- Mm.5.15
- Mm.5.19
- Mm.5.35
- Mm.5.37
- Mm.6.5
- Mm.6.17
- Mm.6.38
- Nn.3.6
- Nn.3.10
- Nn.4.12
- Oo.6.110
- Oo.7.45
- Macaronic Index A: Works in Latin and English
- Macaronic Index B: Works in French and English
- Macaronic Index C: Works in Latin, French, and English
- Index of Incipits
- Index of Rubrics and Titles
- General Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Gg.1.6
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- General Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Manuscripts Checked and Found to Contain no Middle English Material
- Summary List of Contents
- Dd.1.1
- Dd.1.10
- Dd.1.17
- Dd.1.22
- Dd.1.27
- Dd.2.33
- Dd.3.45
- Dd.3.52
- Dd.3.53
- Dd.4.24
- Dd.4.44
- Dd.4.45
- Dd.4.51
- Dd.4.54
- Dd.5.53
- Dd.5.55
- Dd.5.64
- Dd.5.76
- Dd.6.1
- Dd.6.9
- Dd.6.29
- Dd.6.59
- Dd.7.6
- Dd.7.14
- Dd.8.2
- Dd.8.12
- Dd.8.19
- Dd.9.18
- Dd.9.38
- Dd.10.21
- Dd.10.44
- Dd.10.50
- Dd.10.52
- Dd.11.45
- Dd.11.82
- Dd.11.89
- Dd.12.23
- Dd.12.39
- Dd.12.51
- Dd.12.69
- Dd.14.2
- Dd.14.26
- Dd.14.30
- Dd.15.19
- Ee.1.2
- Ee.1.3
- Ee.1.10
- Ee.1.13
- Ee.1.14
- Ee.1.15
- Ee.1.18
- Ee.2.12
- Ee.2.15
- Ee.2.26
- Ee.2.29
- Ee.4.19
- Ee.4.20
- Ee.4.21
- Ee.4.25
- Ee.4.30
- Ee.4.31
- Ee.4.32
- Ee.4.35
- Ee.4.37
- Ee.5.13
- Ee.5.18
- Ee.5.22
- Ee.6.6
- Ee.6.20
- Ee.6.33
- Ff.1.6
- Ff.1.14
- Ff.2.6
- Ff.2.26
- Ff.2.38
- Ff.3.1
- Ff.3.11
- Ff.4.14
- Ff.4.15
- Ff.5.5
- Ff.5.30
- Ff.5.35
- Ff.5.40
- Ff.5.45
- Ff.5.47
- Ff.5.48
- Ff.6.2
- Ff.6.8
- Ff.6.21
- Ff.6.30
- Ff.6.31
- Ff.6.33
- Ff.6.34
- Ff.6.41
- Ff.6.51
- Ff.6.55
- Gg.1.1
- Gg.1.6
- Gg.1.34
- Gg.3.29
- Gg.4.10
- Gg.4.12
- Gg.4.25
- Gg.4.27
- Gg.4.31
- Gg.4.32
- Gg.5.7
- Gg.6.7
- Gg.6.8
- Gg.6.16
- Gg.6.22
- Gg.6.23
- Gg.6.25
- Gg.6.26
- Hh.1.3
- Hh.1.11
- Hh.1.12
- Hh.1.13
- Hh.3.11
- Hh.3.13
- Hh.6.9
- Hh.6.13
- Ii.1.2
- Ii.1.36
- Ii.1.38
- Ii.1.40
- Ii.2.5
- Ii.2.12
- Ii.2.24
- Ii.3.8
- Ii.3.21
- Ii.3.26
- Ii.4.3
- Ii.4.9
- Ii.5.11
- Ii.5.18
- Ii.5.41
- Ii.6.2
- Ii.6.11
- Ii.6.17
- Ii.6.19
- Ii.6.26
- Ii.6.31
- Ii.6.33
- Ii.6.39
- Ii.6.40
- Ii.6.43
- Ii.6.55
- Kk.1.3
- Kk.1.5
- Kk.1.6
- Kk.1.7
- Kk.1.8
- Kk.1.9
- Kk.1.12
- Kk.2.6
- Kk.2.9
- Kk.2.13
- Kk.2.16
- Kk.4.23
- Kk.4.24
- Kk.4.26
- Kk.5.29
- Kk.6.2
- Kk.6.6
- Kk.6.12
- Kk.6.26
- Kk.6.28
- Kk.6.30
- Kk.6.33
- Kk.6.44
- Ll.1.8
- Ll.1.11
- Ll.1.12
- Ll.1.13
- Ll.1.18
- Ll.2.2
- Ll.2.9
- Ll.2.14
- Ll.3.11
- Ll.4.3
- Ll.4.14
- Ll.4.17
- Ll.5.18
- Mm.1.15
- Mm.1.29
- Mm.1.41
- Mm.1.44
- Mm.2.5
- Mm.2.15
- Mm.3.2
- Mm.3.13
- Mm.3.21
- Mm.3.29
- Mm.5.15
- Mm.5.19
- Mm.5.35
- Mm.5.37
- Mm.6.5
- Mm.6.17
- Mm.6.38
- Nn.3.6
- Nn.3.10
- Nn.4.12
- Oo.6.110
- Oo.7.45
- Macaronic Index A: Works in Latin and English
- Macaronic Index B: Works in French and English
- Macaronic Index C: Works in Latin, French, and English
- Index of Incipits
- Index of Rubrics and Titles
- General Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.18–9.
[1]
f. 1
Gostly syster in iesu cryste i trowe hyt be not ʒytt fro ʒoure mynde that whenne we spake laste togyderys i be hette ʒow a medytacyon of the passyon of oure lorde the whyche promysse i haue not putte fro my mynde but be dyuerse tymys be the grace of god i haue parformyd hyt as i mygthte …
f. 4
… the mydyl and the ende of all goode werkys to whom be all worschype joye and [f. 4v] preysynge now and withoute endynge amen.
Preface to the ‘Speculum Devotorum’ (f. iii r), followed on ff. 4v–6v by a table of contents to the whole work. Ed. from this MS in Wogan-Browne pp. 73–8.
[2]
f. 6v
Relygyus syster in the begynnynge of these symple medytacyonys i pray ʒow firste to wythdrawe ʒour thowgth fro all othyr thowgthtys and affeccyonys that mygth lette ʒow and thanne deuoutly to lefte up ʒowr herte to god and seye hertyly thre pater noster thre aueys and a crede to the worschype of god of our lady …
f. 132
… for drede of iewys and þus maye be þe medytacyon of the comynge of the holy goste and sumwhat what the apostyls dede aftyr they hadde resceyuyd hym and thus i ende these symple medytacyonys deo gracias.
‘Her foloweth the boke that ys called a myrowr to deuot peple’ (f. 6v). Speculum Devotorum. IPMEP 254; Wells Rev. 9:3457–8 [63]. Partly edited by J. Hogg, The Speculum Devotorum of an Anonymous Carthusian of Sheen. Edited from the MSS Cambridge University Library Gg.1.6 and Foyle, with an Introduction and Glossary, vol 2 (vol 1 never published) AC 12 (Salzburg, 1973).
Other texts: MS Beeleigh (Foyle) was sold at Christie's on 11 July 2000 (no. 73) and is now MS 67, Notre Dame University Library, South Bend, IN.
[3]
f. 132
Gostly syster now her comyth to mynde the beheste þat i be hette ʒow in xxijeth chapetele of thys boke þat ys þat i wolde telle ʒow more of þe commendacyon of the worthy apostyl seyint ihon euangelyste to the worschype of god and to the encressynge of ʒoure deuocyon or of eny othyre deuout seruaunt of god …
f. 143v
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