Philosophical Significance of the Mirror Metaphor in the Anonymous Treatise on Mass (Manuscript BSB München Cgm 89)

Authors

  • Arina V. Simonian Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 12/1 Goncharnaya Str., Moscow, 109240, Russian Federation

Keywords:

medieval philosophy, spiritual literature of the Late Middle Ages, German mystics, Meister Eckhart, anonymous treatise on mass, mirror, “wunnespigel”, Tegernsee

Abstract

The article is devoted to a detailed analysis of mirror metaphor in an anonymous late-14th-century vernacular theological and philosophical treatise, written in Bavarian dialect and known as “The Mystical Treatise on Mass and Its Influences on a Loving Soul’’. It is preserved as manuscript Cgm 89 in the Bavarian State Library (BSB) in Munich. This text has never been edited critically and still remains unpublished. As a result of its historical and philosophical analysis, the author of this study offers a hypothesis, that “mirror” is used in the treatise not only as a typical metaphor, but also as a term that reflects the teaching presented in this text.

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Published

2022-07-12

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2022)

Section

WORLD PHILOSOPHY: ITS PAST AND PRESENT

How to Cite

Simonian, A. V. (2022). Philosophical Significance of the Mirror Metaphor in the Anonymous Treatise on Mass (Manuscript BSB München Cgm 89). History of Philosophy, 27(1), 19-30. https://hp.iphras.ru/article/view/7801