Richar Dance, Cambridge University, Laura Wright, Cambridge University, Javier Calle Martin, iversity of Malaga, Spain, David Moreno Olalla, iversity of Malaga, Julia Fernandez Cuesta, Luisa Garcia Garcia, J. Gabriel, A. Carredano, Seville University, Gabriella Mazzon, rsity of Cagliari, Hanz-Jurgen Diller (Ruhr, University, Bochum, Cynthia Allen (Australian National University, Ewa Ciszek, Adam Mckiewicz, University, Poland, Maria Jose Carrillo-Linares, E. Carrido-Anes (Role: Contributor, "Devotional Terms and the Use of the Bible in Nicholas Love's Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ”)
Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2012 (ISBN: 3631628757)
It looks closely at the frequency and distribution of key devotional words and phrases in Love's Mirror: the phrase 'devout imagination' (often understood as being particularly characteristic of the text), and other words relating to affective and edifying functions, notably 'stir' (in the context of rousing intense emotions), reason, open, edify, profit, fruitful, example, ground(ed) and their derivatives. It also looks carefully at Love's use of scriptural references and quotations. The whole survey enables one to understand better the place of Love's text, and its purposes, in the context of the language employed by Lollard and anti-Lollard treatises. It concludes that Love was more interested in his edificatory goal than his meditative one, and relates his use of 'verbal iconography' to a picture Bible, or Book of Hours.