Scala perfecc[i]onis
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 54:4.
Publisher: Printed by Wynkyn de Worde
Published: 1494
Place of publication: [Westminster
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Other titles: Scala perfectionis.; Here begynneth the table of the thyrde booke of water hylton named Vita mixta or scala perfeccionis.; Here begynneth the table of the thyrde booke of walter hylton named Vita mixta or scala perfeccionis.; Here begynnen the chapytours of this present volume of waltere Hylton, namyd in laten Scala perfecc[i]onis englysshed the ladder of perfecc[i]on.; Cap[itu]la prime partis, Here begynnen the chapytours of this present volume of waltere Hylton, namyd in laten Scala perfecc[i]onis englysshed the ladder of perfecc[i]on.
Work titles: Scale of perfection.
Notes: An English translation.

With a title-page woodcut containing a nearly illegible xylographic prayer.

Text, a2r, begins: Cap[itu]la prime partis, Here begynnen the chapytours of this present volume of waltere Hylton, namyd in laten Scala perfecc[i]onis englysshed the ladder of perfecc[i]on ..

Envoi and colophon, leaf following s4, read: .. and wynkyn de worde this hath sett in prynt in willyam Caxtons hows .. Finit felicit[er] liber intitulatus Scala perfeccionis inpressus a[n]no salutis· M.cccc.lxxxxiiii.

Signatures: a⁴ b-q r⁶ s⁴ chi¹; A B⁶.

"Here begynneth the table of the thyrde booke of water [sic] hylton named Vita mixta or scala perfeccionis", caption title, A1r. This book is lacking in most copies; its presence may constitute a later state.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

STC (2nd ed.) 14042.

Hain-Copinger 9068.

Duff 203.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1939. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 54:04).