The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

¶ By the devout and venerable father John Ruysbroeckoriginal: "Ioānis Ruſberi." Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381) was a Flemish mystic and one of the most important spiritual writers of the late Middle Ages., priest and canon of the Augustinianoriginal: "obſeruantiæ beati Auguſtini." Referring to the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, the religious order to which Ruusbroec belonged at the Groenendaal Priory. observance: Three books on the Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage.

¶ The first book concerns the adornment of the moral and active life.

¶ The second book concerns the adornment of the spiritual and affectiveoriginal: "affectiuæ." In mystical theology, this refers to the "affections" or the movement of the heart and will toward God, rather than just intellectual understanding. life.

¶ The third book concerns the adornment of the super-essentialoriginal: "ſuperessētialis." A term used to describe a state of being that exists beyond or above the created essence, specifically the soul's union with God's own essence. and contemplative life.

¶ For sale at the workshop of Henri Estienneoriginal: "Henrici Stephani." Estienne (1460–1520) was a famous humanist printer in Paris and the founder of the Estienne printing dynasty., printer, located in the district of the School of Decrees original: "Scholæ Decretorum." This refers to the Faculty of Canon Law at the University of Paris..