Christian Mystical Writing.- N[iclaes] (H[endrik] [Henry Nicholas], founder of the Family of Love, 1502 - c. 1580) A ffigure of the true and spirituall Tabernacle, according to the inwarde temple or House of God in the Spirit... Set forth by H.N. and by him perused, and more evidently declared, manuscript, title and 133pp., 5 pen and ink illustrations in the text, ruled, slightly browned, front pastedown with tears, front front free endpaper torn away, original vellum, yellowed and marked, [cf. Wing N1125], sm. 8vo, [c. 1650]. ⁂ The Family of Love. "The name of Hendrik Niclaes's sect was derived from the third and last of the divisions of history before the millennium, originally propounded by Joachim da Fiore, corresponding to the spirit and the theological virtue of charity." - Oxford DNB. Although Niclaes was based in the Low Countries his works became extremely influential in England, especially during the Commonwealth. The above title was printed in London for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls in 1655.
Christian Mystical Writing.- N[iclaes] (H[endrik] [Henry Nicholas], founder of the Family of Love, 1502 - c. 1580) A ffigure of the true and spirituall Tabernacle, according to the inwarde temple or House of God in the Spirit... Set forth by H.N. and by him perused, and more evidently declared, manuscript, title and 133pp., 5 pen and ink illustrations in the text, ruled, slightly browned, front pastedown with tears, front front free endpaper torn away, original vellum, yellowed and marked, [cf. Wing N1125], sm. 8vo, [c. 1650]. ⁂ The Family of Love. "The name of Hendrik Niclaes's sect was derived from the third and last of the divisions of history before the millennium, originally propounded by Joachim da Fiore, corresponding to the spirit and the theological virtue of charity." - Oxford DNB. Although Niclaes was based in the Low Countries his works became extremely influential in England, especially during the Commonwealth. The above title was printed in London for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls in 1655.
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