Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Prayer of Cassiodorus / preface and translation by Thomas Merton; from the treatise "De Anima"

Item 1 - A prayer from the De anima of Cassiodorus

First Lines:  Introduction [-] Flavius Aurellius Cassiodorus Senator is well known as the founder of the monastery

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964?

Number of pages:  5

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - A prayer of Cassiodorus

First Lines:  Introduction [-] Flavius Aurellius Cassiodorus Senator, a contemporary of St Benedict, a statesman,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  September no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  6

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  3 copies.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - ORATIO (Cassiorodus De Anima)

First Lines:  Tu ergo, Domine Iesu Christe, qui sic pro nobis flexus es ut homo fieri dignareris, non in nobis

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  Cassiodorus, Senator, ca. 487-ca. 580

Language:  Latin

Notes:  Latin orignal of a section of the De Anima of Cassiodorus, included with Merton's English translation. Donated by Gloria Shader, December 2008.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - PRAYER OF CASSSIODORUS (from the De Anima)

First Lines:  Thou, therefore, Lord Jesus Christ who didst bow down so low as to condescend for our sakes, to be

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  Cassiodorus, Senator, ca. 487-ca. 580

Language:  Latin

Notes:  Merton's translation of Latin orignal of a section of the De Anima of Cassiodorus. Includes a signature and a note by Daniel Walsh. Donated by Gloria Shader, December 2008.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6