| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The authorship of the work entitled De Imitatio’ne Christi, has afforded as much controversy as the author of Letters of Junius. In 1604, a Spanish Jesuit discovered a manuscript copy by the Abbot John Gersen or Gesen; and since then three competitors have had angry and wordy defenders, viz. Thomas à Kempis, J. Charlier de Gerson, Chancellor of the University of Paris, and the Abbot Gersen. M. Malou gives his verdict in favour of the first. | 1 |
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