Dear Steven (and other colleagues),
Isa Ragusa's translation of/and introduction to the MVC came out in 1961,
and I don't recall the related issues of who wrote it, and when, and where
it was written, being nearly as cut-and-dried as you suggest. As you fully
appreciate, it is a crucial text for 13thc. Italian Franciscan religious
sensibility, despite its heavy borrowing from Bernardine Cistercianism.
Where and when it was written--if they could be determined--would interest
me very much. I vaguely recall Ragusa suggesting that a Tuscan friar
composed it c.1290. But 1256-63 would suit me much better!
Anyway, I'll have a look at your references, although surely something
substantial has appeared on the MVC later than 1952?
Gary Dickson
University of Edinburgh
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