Ruusbroec, Jan van
Opera Omnia. Tom. 7 + 7A: Vanden XII beghinen

De vera contemplatione/The twelve beguines. Vol. 7: Prolegomena by M. M. Kors. Vol. 7 A: Text and Apparatus. Edited by Mikel Mario Kors. Text translated into English by Helen Rolfson, Text translated into Latin by Laurentius Surius (1552).

Mittelniederländischer Originaltext mit der lateinischen Fassung von Laurentius Surius (1552), englischer Übersetzung und Kommentar. Eine textidentische Ausgabe erschien parallel als Band CVII/CVII A des Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis (CCCM 107+107A). - 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 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. Zwei Bände, zus. 872 Seiten, Leinen (Ioannis Rusbrochii Opera omnia; Tomus VII & VIIA/Studiën en tekstuitgaven van ons geestelijk erf; Deel XX,7+7A/Brepols/Lannoo 2000) leichte Lagerspuren/minor defects