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De Institutione Novitiorum (On the Instruction of Novices)

De institutione novitiorum

Hugh of Saint Victor·after c. 1125·from the Latin

A full modern English translation of the work — 1 book, 22 chapters — translated sentence by sentence from the Latin, with scripture echoes traced and brief notes on the harder turns of phrase. Choose a section to begin reading.

22 chapters450 sentences71 scripture echoes
Devotional manualContemplatio — The Ascent
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De Institutione Novitiorum

  1. 1.0De tribus ad beatitudinem perducentibus, quae sunt scientia, disciplina, bonitas.
  2. 1.1Quibus modis inveniatur recte vivendi scientia
  3. 1.2Quid in omni actu agendum
  4. 1.3Quid in singulis locis agendum
  5. 1.4Quid singulis temporibus agendum
  6. 1.5Quid erga singulas personas agendum
  7. 1.6Quales se debeant exhibere qui per doctrinam proficere volunt
  8. 1.7De exemplis sanctorum imitandis
  9. 1.8De iis quae in sacris Scripturis sunt attendenda
  10. 1.9Quomodo in omnibus operibus suis debeat homo esse circumspectus
  11. 1.10Quid sit disciplina, et quantum valeat
  12. 1.11De disciplina servanda in habitu
  13. 1.12De disciplina servanda in gestu
  14. 1.13De disciplina in locutione servanda; et primo quid loquendum
  15. 1.14Cui loquendum
  16. 1.15Ubi loquendum
  17. 1.16Quando tacendum et quando loquendum
  18. 1.17Quomodo loquendum sit
  19. 1.18De disciplina in mensa servanda, et primo in habitu et gesta
  20. 1.19De triplici observatione disciplinae in cibo, et primo quid comedendum
  21. 1.20Secundo, quantum comedendum
  22. 1.21Tertio, quomodo comedendum