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Le livre de la discipline damour divine contenant x [chapitres] La repeticion de la disciple co[n]tenant v [chapitres] Asce[n]sus purpureus media charitate co[n]stratus: propter filias Hierusalem

8vo. ff. (8), 175, (1). 19th-century half calf, ex libris d'Arthur Brölemann. The original text dates from somewhere in the 1470s. Four printed editions in Paris (Simon Vostre [no date]; Regnault Chaudière, 1519; Symon de Colines, 1537; and Vincent Sortenas, 1538), all of which are exceedingly rare, show that the work was very popular in the sixteenth century. The present edition is a reissue of the one from 1519 (see colophon; two other recorded copies, BNF and Plantin Moretus Museum). The text is a mystical treatise on divine love, written for a community of nuns. According to the prologue, the work was composed in the 'monastere des celestins de nostre dame dambert es forestz dorleans’. The word 'disciple' is in the feminine form and the whole book is dedicated to a nun. It strongly contrasts with the vapid sentiments present in other texts of that age that were typically produced for female use. The book has a prologue and ten chapters presenting the seven stages of 'annihilation' which the Soul goes through on its path to Oneness with God through Love. The inspiration for this work was not only found in orthodox mystical treatises on the love of God, but also in a much more co

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