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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Could he be referring to a copy of Augustine's *Meditations*? (Just a knee jerk reaction, I don't even know if any copies were in circulation in Britain then) Richard J Legault On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might have been described as a > 'book of meditations' in the mid fifteenth century? > > In making his will in 1468, Henry Bennett of Lincoln left a bequest of 'my > boke of meditacions that was Alnewykes, Busshop of Lincoln' ['Lincolnshire > Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1471-90', ed. CW > Foster, *Associated Architectural Societies' Reports and Papers*, 41 > (1932/3), 179-218 (p 179)] > > Alnwick is known to have owned or borrowed books of Canon and Civil Law, > Gregory the Great's, *Moralia*, Origen on the Pentateuch, etc, Roger de > Waltham's *Compendium Morale* and liturgical books. > > I would be very grateful for any suggestions as to what these > 'meditacions' might have been. > > many thanks, > Rosemary > > Dr RCE Hayes > 18 Murrayfield Drive > Edinburgh > EH12 6EB > > 0131 337 1385 > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion