Book Series Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis, vol. 110

Jan van Ruusbroec

Opera omnia X

Vanden blinkenden steen. Vanden vier becoringhen. Vanden kerstenen ghelove. Brieven. De calculo seu perfectione filiorum Dei. De quatuor subtilibus tentationibus

G. de Baere, Th. Mertens, H. Noë (eds)

  • Pages: 649 p.
  • Size:155 x 245 mm
  • Language(s):Middle Dutch, Latin, English
  • Publication Year:1991

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Review(s)

"These meticulously presented texts and translations will make Ruusbroec better known and understood for English-speaking as well as for Dutch readers."

J.P.H. Clark on Vanden blinkenden steen … in Downside Review, 110 (1992), p. 155

"Uit het bovenstaande mag blijken dat we hier te maken hebben met een eerlijke en degelijke uitgave waarvan het belang voor het onderzoek van de mystiek van de Zuidelijke Nederlanden in het algemeen en van Ruusbroec in het bijzonder niet onderschat kan worden."

M. De Reu on Vanden blinkenden steen … in: Trajecta, 1 (1992), p. 94

"Het werd opnieuw een wetenschappelijke zwaargewicht, vrucht van gedegen onderzoek en taalstdie, verzorgd tot in de kleinste details."

J. Bonny on Vanden blinkenden steen … in Collationes, 22 (1992), p. 207

"The new edition will make known to many what is already known to some: Ruusbroec is one of the greatest medieval theologians of any kind."

K. Emery, Jr. on Boecsken der verclaringhe en Vanden seven sloten in: Speculum, 1985, p. 195

"Mit dieser sehr gründlichen und hilfreichen Edition werden die Werke des Mystikers Ruusbroec einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich gemacht. Sie liefert eine Grundlage für vielfältige Forschungsinteresssen."

E. Gröthe over Boecsken der verclaringhe in: Scriptorium, Bulletin codicologique, 1990

"Tutto ciò dimostra come l’intenzione degli editori di restituire al pubblico il testo ruusbroechiano in quanto possibile nella sua integrità, sia riuscita."

G. della Croce on Boecsken der verclaringhe en Vanden seven sloten in: Carmelus, 29 (1982), p. 167

"Die Edition ist zweifellos eine Bereicherung für jeden an mittelniederländischer Mystik Interessierten."

G.S. on Vanden blinkenden steen … in: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 47 (1991), p. 651

"Los estudios de la espiritualidad disponen de un instrumento de trabajo insustituible para el conocimiento de la doctrina del Admirable."

F.A. on Vanden blinkenden steen … in: Revista de Espiritualidad, s.a.

Summary

Ruusbroec puts the Netherlands on the map of worldliterature. His greatness as a mystic author has been acknowledged internationally. His work contains eleven treatises and seven letters. There have been two editions of his work so far: one by J.-B. David (1858-1868) and one by the Ruusbroecgenootschap (1932-1934). Neither of these editions meets modern standards. Therefore a new critical edition was urgently needed. Of the ten volumes planned in this new edition, volume 10 is the fourth to appear.

The Middle Dutch text is based on a critical study of all manuscripts. Besides the Middle Dutch text the edition contains a new American-English translation and the Latin translation by L. Surius O.Carth. (1552).

The edition of the Middle Dutch text is critically reconstructive. The text is accompanied by a variant apparatus, paleographic annotations, a textcritical commentary and a lemmatized vocabulary with English translations and localizations.

The introduction sketches the historical circumstances in which each of the texts originated and outlines their contents. Finally it gives information about the manner of editing and about the manuscripts which contain the text in question.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — Brieven (sc. epistulae). Anglice reddidit A. Lefevere — ed. Th. Mertens

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — De calculo seu perfectione filiorum Dei (sec. translationem Latinam Laurentii Surii) — ed. H. Noè

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — De fide et iudicio (sec. translationem Latinam Laurentii Surii) — ed. G. de Baere

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — De quattuor subtilibus tentationibus (sec. translationem Latinam Laurentii Surii) — ed. H. Noè

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — Epistulae (sec. translationem Latinam Laurentii Surii) — ed. Th. Mertens

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — Vanden blinkenden steen ('De calculo seu perfectione filiorum'). Anglice reddidit A. Lefevere — ed. H. Noè

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — Vanden kerstenen ghelove ('De fide et iudicio'). Anglice reddidit A. Lefevere — ed. G. de Baere

Ruusbroec, Jan van (Iohannes Rusbrochius) — Vanden vier becoringhen ('De quattuor subtilibus tentationibus'). Anglice reddidit A. Lefevere — ed. H. Noè