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Record Nr.

UNISA996386603403316

Autore

Hilton Walter <d. 1396.>

Titolo

Scala perfecc[i]onis [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Westminster, : Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1494]

Descrizione fisica

[298] p

Soggetti

Spiritual life - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An English translation.

With a title-page woodcut containing a nearly illegible xylographic prayer.

Text, a2r, begins: Cap[itu]la prime partis, Here begynnen the chapytours of this present volume of waltere Hylton, namyd in laten Scala perfecc[i]onis englysshed the ladder of perfecc[i]on ..

Envoi and colophon, leaf following s4, read: .. and wynkyn de worde this hath sett in prynt in willyam Caxtons hows .. Finit felicit[er] liber intitulatus Scala perfeccionis inpressus a[n]no salutis· M.cccc.lxxxxiiii.

Signatures: a⁴ b-q r⁶ s⁴ chi¹; A B⁶.

"Here begynneth the table of the thyrde booke of water [sic] hylton named Vita mixta or scala perfeccionis", caption title, A1r. This book is lacking in most copies; its presence may constitute a later state.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018