Heinrich, von Bitterfeld (13XX-1405 (ca.))
This manuscript was written in 1445 by the prolific scribe and later prior of the Dominican Monastery of Basel, Albert Löffler, shortly before entering the order. Its content illustrates Löffler's academic and religious education: it contains Latin texts of spiritual character, such as the Speculum artis bene moriendi now attributed to Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl, the Pilgerbuch der Seele zu Gott by Bonaventure, and the Speculum ecclesiae by Hugh of Saint-Cher, as well as the hugely popular Liber de ludo scacchorum by Jacobus de Cessolis, one of the first Latin treatises on chess. The manuscript also contains two German texts: a treatise on perfection and a catalog of questions to examine whether, after death, a sick person's soul may expect eternal life.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Aegidius, Romanus (Author) | Albertus, Loeffler, OP (Scribe) | Arnulfus, de Boeriis (Author) | Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Bitz, Wilhelm (Restorer) | Bonaventura, Sanctus (Author) | Caesarius, Arelatensis (Author) | Dinkelspuhel, Nicolaus de (Author) | Heinrich, von Bitterfeld (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hugo, de Sancto Caro (Author) | Jacobus, de Cessolis (Author) | Johannes, Chrysostomus (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description