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Asceticism

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Composite manuscript including two texts, early 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 144
Contents MS 144 contains the texts by early Christian monk and theologian, John Cassian, in the same hand.ff. 1r-45v: 'De institutis coenobiorum', by Johannus Cassianus [John Cassian]ff. 45v-103v: incomplete 'Collationes patrum in scetica eremo', by Johannus Cassianus [John Cassian]The texts are described separately, under MS 144/ff. 1r-45v; MS 144/ff. 45v-103v. Writing Written in a clear Gothic hand. There are...
Dates: early 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

De Miseria Condicionis Humane by Pope Innocent III, 13th-14th century

 part
Identifier: MS 107/ff. 1r-28v
Contents This section of the manuscript contains De Miseria Condicionis Humane (On the wretchedness of the human condition), a tract written by Pope Innocent III, sometimes called Liber de contemptu mundi. This tract is about asceticism and was originally written at the end of the 12th century, before Innocent III became pope.This section is titled Incipit tractatus...
Dates: 13th-14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including twenty-four texts