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De arrha animae

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Author: Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141. Use for: Soliloquium de arrha animae

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Soliloquium de arra animae by Hugh of Saint-Victor, 1464

 part
Identifier: MS 78/ff. 98r-104v
Contents The text is a dialogue between a man (identified in the rubrics as Saint Augustine) and his own soul. The title Soliloquium ('Talking to one's self') appears on the right margin of the first folio, the name Augustinus on the top margin. The text is therefore attributed to Augustine of Hippo (354-430, bishop, theologian, and Doctor of the Church) by the scribe; the author, however, is Hugh of Saint-Victor (c. 1096 - 1141),...
Dates: 1464
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing fifteen texts

Soliloquium de Arrha Animae by Hugh of Saint Victor

 part
Identifier: MS 89/ff. 83r-88v
Contents This part of the manuscript contains the text Soliloquium de Arrha Animae (The Soliloquy on the Earnest Money of the Soul), a theological treatise that describes a dialogue between a man and his soul. It was written by Hugh of Saint Victor (1096-1141), a Saxon canon regular and writer on mystical theology.ContentsText: starts imperfectly on f. 83r. And ends on f....
Dates: 12th-14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including eight texts