Cy commence le livre nom[m]e la discipline damour divine.

"Written by an anonymous Celestine monk in the 1470s at Notre Dame D'Ambert near Orleans ... an interesting example of devotional literature in the vernacular written by the Celestines for women. The complicated story behind this text (which survives in only two manuscripts), however, is even more interesting, since its source is the Miroir des simples âmes (Mirror of Simple Souls) by the mystical writer, Marguerite Porete, who was burnt at the stake as a relapsed heretic in Paris in 1310"--Textmanuscripts.com

Initials in blue, red and yellow; table of contents on vellum; ruled.

Published as: Le livre de la discipline d'amour divine. Paris: Regnault/Chaudière, 1519.

Leaves 8, 124-128 blank except for ruling.

Mss. (transcripts, handwritten)

Textmanuscripts.com WWW site,

"Written by an anonymous Celestine monk in the 1470s at Notre Dame D'Ambert near Orleans ... an interesting example of devotional literature in the vernacular written by the Celestines for women. The complicated story behind this text (which survives in only two manuscripts), however, is even more interesting, since its source is the Miroir des simples âmes (Mirror of Simple Souls) by the mystical writer, Marguerite Porete, who was burnt at the stake as a relapsed heretic in Paris in 1310"--Textmanuscripts.com

Mode of access: Internet.

Owned by: Count Justin MacCarthy-Reagh (1744-1811); bound for him by Richard Wier, 1792; Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872); Joost R. Ritman (b. 1941- ).

New binding added in 2016 by Graham Patten. Sewn over raised cords; bound in beveled wooden boards and full white alum-tawed goatskin.

Bound in 18th-century gold-tooled red morocco by Richard Wier. Binding removed and housed with manuscript in 2016.