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The Imitation of Christ: The Visionary Writings of Thomas a Kempis

The Imitation of Christ: The Visionary Writings of Thomas a Kempis

by ThomasàKempis (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

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Synopsis

For this illustrated anthology, 40 memorable passages have been selected; each is accompanied by a detail from one of the British Library's finest illuminated manuscripts, including the Sherborne Missal, the Luttrell Psalter and the Bedford Hours.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 01 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 0711220875
ISBN 13: 9780711220874

Author Bio
A german monk, Thomas was born in Kempen, Germany around 1380. He was schooled at Deventer, in the Netherlands, the center of the Brothers of the Common Life founded by Gerard Groote. He joined the Augustinian canons (1399) and was ordained a priest (c.1413). His convent was Mt. St. Agnes, near Zwolle, in the Netherlands. Thomas worked principally at copying and writing. A number of his treatises on the monastic life and little devotional essays have been translated into English. The great devotional work The Imitation of Christ (c.1427) is his most famous and widely read work.