Pseudo-Bonaventure

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Meditationes vitae Christi (Giovanni de' Cauli?), c. 1478 Bonaventura - Meditationes vitae Christi, circa 1478 - 3864620 ib00915500 Scan00004.tif
Meditationes vitae Christi (Giovanni de' Cauli?), c.1478

Pseudo-Bonaventure (Latin : Pseudo-Bonaventura) is the name given to the authors of a number of medieval devotional works which were believed at the time to be the work of Bonaventure: "It would almost seem as if 'Bonaventura' came to be regarded as a convenient label for a certain type of text, rather than an assertion of authorship". [1] Since it is clear a number of actual authors are involved, the term "Pseudo-Bonaventuran" is often used. Many works now have other attributions of authorship which are generally accepted, but the most famous, the Meditations on the Life of Christ , remains usually described only as a work of Pseudo-Bonaventure.

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Meditationes de vita Christi
Bonaventura