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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 6
Parchment · 217 ff. · 27 x 19 cm · Geneva (?) · 1417
Heinrich Seuse, Horloge de Sapience
In 1389, the Franciscan monk Jean de Souabe translated into French the Horologium sapientiae by the mystic Henry Suso (1295-1366) of the Rhineland. In this moral treatise, wisdom conducts a dialog with a student regarding the spiritual path to be followed, as inspired by the passion of Christ, and invites him to meditate on the passing of time. More than fifty copies of this work are known. This manuscript from the Bibliothèque de Genève, dated 1417, was probably written in the episcopal city.
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