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Writings on divinity, Early seventeenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.12.68

Scope and Contents

(1) ‘Three bookes translated out of their originall: first the Letter and the life, or the Flesh and the spirit: secondly Germane divinitie: thirdly the Vision of God. Written 1638’.
a. Sebastian Franck, Von dem Baum des Wissens Gutes und Böses, translated by John Everard from a Latin version of 1561.
b. Golden Book of German Divinitie, translated by the same from a Latin version of Sebastiano Castellio ('John Theophilus'), Antwerp 1588. Appended to the second treatise are ‘certaine grave and notable sayings’ in Latin and English, with explanations by Everard, then two extracts from ‘the workes of John Taulerus, printed at Colen, in folio, 1588, pp. 106, 107’, and ‘A short dialogue between a great learned divine and a beggar’.
c. Nicholas de Cusa, De Visione Dei, translated by the same.
(2) The fourth, fifth, and part of the third chapter of ‘St Denis the Areopagite his misticall divinity’ (Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagiticus, Peri Mystikes Theologias, translated from the Latin version of Erigena.

Dates

  • Creation: Early seventeenth century

Creator

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Extent

1 volume(s) (124 leaves.)

Language of Materials

English

Latin

Custodial History

In the Library by the mid 1750s.

Physical Description

Paper.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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