Contents This part of the manuscript contains the text Speculum Monachorum (also Speculum interioris hominis, Speculum monasticum, Speculum super emendacionem vite hominis religionis) by Arnoul de Bohéries (d. 1149), also known as Arnulfus de Boeriis, a Cistercian from the dioceses of Louvain. The Speculum Monachorum is a treatise written as guidance for monks in their monastic life, composed in the...

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This section contians 'Speculum Monachorum beati Bernhardi', 'Blessed Bernard's Mirror of the Monks'. This is a spiritual treatise, falsely attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux but actually written by Arnoul de Bohéries in the 12th century. The text starts with the words 'Si quis emendacio vite desiderio, and ends with 'Imo sic se existimet quasi ipse et ... soli'.