Vernacular Mysticism in the Charterhouse: A Study of London, British Library, MS Additional 37790

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The first monograph to appear in 'The Medieval Translator' series, 'Vernacular Mysticism in the Charterhouse' presents a study of London, British Library, MS Additional 37790 (Amherst), a purpose-built anthology of major mystical texts by Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, Jan van Ruusbroec and Marguerite Porete, interspersed with shorter texts and compilations. Though the manuscript is famous mainly because it contains the only extant copy of Julian of Norwich's short text, it is an intriguing witness to the fifteenth-century spread of the vernacular into traditionally Latinate environments, in this case the Carthusian Order in England. In this process of transmission, translation plays a central part. Most of the texts in the anthology are translations from Latin or French into Middle English. In addition, the anthologist's selection and ordering of texts within the volume, intended to further the readers' spiritual lives, translates them anew for his intended audience. This study provides finely detailed analyses of the texts in the textual and material context of the Amherst anthology as well as in their religious and historical contexts. It also offers a first-time edition of 'Quedam introductiua extracta', a Latin compilation contained in the manuscript, and a discussion and listing of verbal marginal annotations reflecting early readers' reactions to the texts. By reading the texts in (one of) their medieval manuscript context(s), this book gives students and scholars of (translated) medieval religious texts a fresh view of the classics of mystical writing contained in the remarkable literary document that is the Amherst anthology. Front Matter ( "Table of Contents", "Acknowledgements", "Introduction"), p. 1 First Page | PDF (684 KB) Free Access 1. London, British Library, MS Additional 37790: A Carthusian Anthology, p. 17 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109067 First Page | PDF (878 KB) 2. Richard Misyn’s translations of Richard Rolle’s Emendatio vitae and Incendium amoris, p. 61 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109068 First Page | PDF (839 KB) 3. The Shorter Version of Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love, p. 99 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109069 First Page | PDF (776 KB) 4. The Treatise of Perfection of the Sons of God: The Middle English Translation of Jan van Ruusbroec’s Vanden blinkenden steen, p. 123 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109070 First Page | PDF (872 KB) 5. The Mirrour of Simple Soules: The Middle English translation of Le Mirouer des simples âmes anienties et qui seulement demourent en vouloir et desir d’amour, p. 165 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109071 First Page | PDF (824 KB) 6. The Shorter Texts and Compilations in London, British Library, MS Additional 37790, p. 199 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109072 First Page | PDF (909 KB) 7. ‘Kepe this treulye’ - ‘profite also and encres of grace to gastly louers’: Reading and Readers in London, British Library MS Additional 37790, p. 251 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109073 First Page | PDF (889 KB) Conclusion, p. 299 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109074 First Page | PDF (633 KB) Appendix 1: A list of fragments selected from Rolle’s Form of Living and Ego Dormio for the De triplici genere/Tractatus compilation, p. 303 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109075 Citation | PDF (650 KB) Appendix 2 : An Edition of Quedam introductiua ad contemplacionem extracta, p. 305 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109076 First Page | PDF (700 KB) Appendix 3: List of Passages selected for the Via ad contemplacionem compilation, p. 319 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109077 Citation | PDF (660 KB) Appendix 4: Reader Profiles, p. 321 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109078 First Page | PDF (722 KB) Back Matter ("Bibliography", "Index"), p. 343 First Page | PDF (749 KB) Free Access Plates, p. [pl. 1] https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TMT-EB.5.109081 First Page | PDF (2004 KB)