Research Catalog

Title

Liber florum celestis doctrine = The flowers of heavenly teaching / John of Morigny ; an edition and commentary by Claire Fanger and Nicholas Watson.

Author

John, of Morigny, active 13th century-14th century

Publication

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2015]
• ©2015

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Watson, Nicholas
• Fanger, Claire
• Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, issuing body
• British Library. Manuscript. Additional 18027
• Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Liturg. 160

Description

xxi, 631 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Series Statement

Studies and texts ; 199

Uniform Title

Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 199.

Alternative Title

Flowers of heavenly teaching

Subject

• Visions > Early works to 1800
• John, of Morigny, active 13th century-14th century
• Visions > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Magic > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800
• Mysticism > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Private revelations > Early works to 1800
• Christian heresies > Early works to 1800
• Prayer > Early works to 1800
• Liturgics > Early works to 1800
• Learning and scholarship > History > Medieval, 500-1500
• Education, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France > Morigny-Champigny
• British Library. Manuscript. Additional 18027
• Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Liturg. 160
• British Library
• Bodleian Library

Note

• Edited from the manuscripts London, British Library Additional MS 18027 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Liturg. 160.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-631).

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Language (note)

• Text in Latin; introduction and commentary in English.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: A.John of Morigny and His Book Nicholas Watson -- Approaching the Liber florum -- I.1301 -- 1307 -- I.1.The Ars notoria -- I.2.The Grace of Christ and the Seven Prayers -- I.3.The Thirty Prayers -- II.1308 -- 1311 -- II. 1 From the Book of Prayers to the Book of Figures -- II.2.The Second Procedure and the Old Compilation Book of Figures -- II.3.The Book of Visions, Inception Rituals, and the Old Compilation Visionary Experiment -- III.1312 -- 1315/16 -- III.1.From the Revised Old Compilation to the New Compilation Book of Figures -- III.2.Conclusion -- B.The Manuscripts and Their Users Claire Fanger -- I.Overview: Manuscript Evidence for Reception of the Liber florum -- II.Evidence of Compendia Containing the Liber florum -- III.The "Old" and "New" Compilation Manuscripts and Their Exemplars -- III.1.Nuancing the Terminology -- III.2.The Oxford Manuscript of the Liber florum -- III.3.The Oxford Exemplar: The Earliest Book of Prayers -- III.4.Adding Figures, Visualizations, and the Ritual Prologue -- III.5.A Revised Book of Prayers and an Expanded Audience -- III.6.Evidence of the Bologna Manuscript for Alternative Material -- IV.The Burning and the Afterlife of Liber florum -- IV.1.A Burnt Book -- IV.2.The Third Compilation -- Conclusion -- The Edition: Manuscripts, Referencing, Apparatus, Conventions -- JOHN OF MORIGNY -- Liber florum celestis doctrine -- The New Compilation Tradition -- I.The Book of Visions -- II.The Book of Prayers -- i.Seven Prayers -- ii.Thirty Prayers -- iii.First Procedure -- III.The Book of Figures -- The Old Compilation Tradition -- OC I.iv From the Old Compilation Book of Visions -- OC III. The Old Compilation Book of Figures -- Apparatus -- Variants, Versions, Movable Text: Manuscript Representations of Liber florum -- Sources, Cross-References, Explanatory Notes -- For the New Compilation Tradition -- For the Old Compilation Tradition, I.iv and III -- Appendix: Overview of Ritual Operations in Liber florum.

Call Number

JFE 16-6077

ISBN

• 9780888441997 (bound)
• 0888441991 (bound)

LCCN

2015513568

OCLC

915263842

Author

John, of Morigny, active 13th century-14th century, author.

Title

Liber florum celestis doctrine = The flowers of heavenly teaching / John of Morigny ; an edition and commentary by Claire Fanger and Nicholas Watson.

Publisher

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies and texts ; 199

Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 199.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-631).

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Language

Text in Latin; introduction and commentary in English.

Added Author

Watson, Nicholas, editor.

Fanger, Claire, editor.

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, issuing body.

British Library. Manuscript. Additional 18027.

Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Liturg. 160.

Other Form:

John, of Morigny, active 13th century-14th century, author. Liber florum celestis doctrine. Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) Studies and texts ; (CaOONL)20159048354

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6077