THE MIRROR OF SIMPLE

SOULS Originally titled in Old French as Le Miroir des âmes simples, this is a masterpiece of Christian mysticism. For centuries, its author was unknown, though it is now attributed to Marguerite Porete.

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By an unknown French mystic of the thirteenth century

The "unknown" author was Marguerite Porete (c. 1250–1310), a French Beguine who was executed for heresy. Her name was only rediscovered as the author in 1946, nearly twenty years after this edition was published.

Translated into English by

M. N.

M. N. is the pseudonym of the 14th-century translator who translated the work from French into Middle English.

Now first edited from the manuscripts

CLARE KIRCHBERGER

Kirchberger was a pioneering scholar of medieval spiritual texts who prepared this first modern printed edition.

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO

BENZIGER BROTHERS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE

This designation indicates the publisher had official permission from the Vatican (the Holy See) to print Catholic liturgical and devotional books.