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Eckbert, von Schönau, d 1184 (Benedictine abbot of the Abbey of Schönau)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: d 1184

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Soliloquium seu Meditationes by Eckbert

 part
Identifier: MS 88/ff. 1r-6r
Contents This section of the manuscript contains the text Soliloquium seu Meditationes by Eckbert (12th century AD), a Benedictine abbot of the Abbey of Schönau. The Soliloquium offers 18 prayers or meditations praising the love of Jesus Christ. It has been wrongly attributed to several other authors, including Richard of Saint Victor and Anselm of Canterbury (meditatio XIII).The text starts...
Dates: late 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including four texts

Stimulus Amoris beati Bernardi by Eckbert of Schönau

 Part
Identifier: MS 113/ff. 239r-245r
Scope and Contents This section contains 'Stimulus Amoris beati Bernardi', 'The Pricking of Love by Blessed Bernard'. This text has falsely been attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux and Anselm of Canterbury, but is in reality a treaty on Christ's Passion written by Eckbert of Schönau (d 1184). It starts with the words 'Jhesum Nazarenum a judeis innocenter condempnatum', and ends with 'honor et imperium in sec. sec. Amen....
Dates: c 1444-1445
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing twenty-three texts