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Trettesse of Perfeccioun of the Sonnys of God (BL, Add MS 37790)

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Trettesse of Perfeccioun of the Sonnys of God (BL, Add MS 37790)

Comment

'Vanden Blinckenden Steen' (the Latin original is 'De calculo candido'), translated into Middle English by Willem Jordaens, as 'A trettesse the whiche is called the trettesse of perfeccion off the Sonnys of God', with the preface beginning, 'In the name of the blissed Trinite.....I intende to transpose for myne owne lernynge a trettese from Latyn into Englyseh compiled bi dan John Rusbroke'

Contains reference to Birgitta

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London, British Library, Additional MS 37790

Carries work

De calculo candido

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Gothic cursive

Writing support

Parchment

Folios

ff. 115r-130r

Language

English, Middle

Position

5

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London, British Library, Additional MS 37790 Book object
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Translation of 'De calculo candido' by Willem Jordaens into Middle English Action