Title from title-page (leaf a1r): Speculu[m] hu[m]ane vite. Speculu[m] conversionis peccatorum. Speculu[m] sacerdotu[m] cum hystoria udonis. Speculum ecclesie. sive Exposito misse. Speculum anime peccatricis. Tractatus de horis dicendis. Tractatus de casibus penitentialibus. Tractatus artis bene moriendi.
First colophon (leaf y8v of Speculum vitae humanae): Finit felicit[ur] liber excellentissimus. Speculu[m] hu[m]ane vite nu[n]cupatus imp[re]ssus Biscuncii Anno d[omi]ni Milesimo. CCCC.Lxxxviii.; second colophon (leaf D6v of the Speculum conversionis peccatorum): Finit liber felicit[ur]. Speculu[m] [con]versionis p[ec]c[a]to[rum] imp[re]ss[us] Gisuntii Anno d[omi]ni M.CCCC.lxxxviii.
Printed in Metlinger's types 1:185G and 2:106G.
Signatures: Speculum vitae humanae: a-l⁸ m¹²; n-y⁸: 180 leaves, leaf n1 blank; Speculum conversionis peccatorum: A-B⁸ C-D⁶: 28 leaves; De dignitate sacerdotum and Vita Udonis episcopi: aa⁸: 8 leaves; Gruytrode, Speculum animae peccatricis: a-d⁸: 32 leaves; De horis dicendis: a-aaaa⁸: 8 leaves; Ars moriendi: A-B⁸ C⁶: 22 leaves (signed AA-AAAA, B-BBBB, and C-CCC respectively).
Paper format: Chancery quarto
For the arrangement of the tracts, which can be found in any order, by quires, see BMC and Sack.
The Speculum animae peccatricis, sometimes falsely attributed to Dionysius Carthusiensis, is now attributed either to Jacobus de Gruytrode (cf. Bloomfield) or to Jacobus de Clusa (cf. L. Meier, Die Werke des Erfurter Karthäusers Jakob von Jüterbog, Münster, 1955) (CIBN). Jacobus de Clusa also recorded as Jacobus de Jüterbog or de Paradiso (Verfasserlexikon 2, Bd 4 col.478ff). Ars moriendi sometimes attributed to Matthaeus de Cracovia or to Albertus Magnus (and in Italian editions to Dominicus Capranica, Cardinal of Fermo); cf. A. Madre, Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philos. u. Theol. des Mittelalters 40 (1965) p.292-295), and D. Mertens, Iacobus Carthusiensis (Göttingen, 1976) p.181.
The Speculum ecclesie and Tractatus de casibus pentintentialibus listed on the title-page were apparently never printed in this edition (BMC).
PML copy is Speculum vitae humanae only.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 cm.
Speculum vitae humanae
Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red capital strokes and highlighting on printed initials; initials unrealized, where required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.