单词 | scala caeli |
释义 | Scala Caelin. 1. The name of a church in the Tre Fontane, outside Rome, in which St. Bernard is related to have had a vision of souls for whom he was saying mass ascending by a ladder into heaven, and to which an indulgence is attached; hence, applied to chapels or altars in England and the masses said there to which the same indulgence was attached.See Rymer Fœdera XII. 565, XIII. 102–3, Blomefield Hist. Norfolk (1745) II. 552. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chapel > [noun] > to which indulgence is attached Scala Caelic1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 102 Massis at rome, at scala celi. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 102 Þat if a prest seye a masse at scala celi for a soule it schal onoon ben out of purgatorie. a1400 Stac. Rome (Vernon MS.) 118 In þat place a Chapel is. Scala celi clepet hit is. c1500 God spede Plough (Lansd.) l. 74 in W. W. Skeat Pierce Ploughman's Crede (1873) 71 Then commeth prestis that goth to rome For to haue silver to sing at Scala celi. 1515 in Coll. Surrey Archæol. Soc. (1858) I. 182 I will that there be seede..in the chapell of Skaly Celi at Westmynster v masses of the v wounds of our Lord God. 1519 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 8 To the Keeper of Scala Celi in the Abbey. 1534 Hylsey in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 12 Massys off scale celi. 1536 Articles devised by King D iij b. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 423 Legacyes, trentalles, with scalacely messys. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1347/1 That all partakers of the same gylde [of our Lady in S. Botolph's, Boston],..whiche..shall say or cause to bee sayd Masses for soules departed in paynes of Purgatory, shal..haue the ful remission due to them whiche visite the chappell of Scala Cœli. 2. (With reference to the etymological sense.) A ladder leading from earth to heaven; a means of attaining heaven or heavenly bliss. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > Jacob's ladder Scala Caeli1549 Jacob's ladder1834 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Pvii Scala celi, is a preachynge matter I tell you, and not a massing mater. 1611 J. Davies in J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) 817 Making loose lines (forsooth) their Scala Coeli; A Tauerne for a Temple to adore Their only god, their guts. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 15 The Magnificent Temple,..the seuerall Degrees of Ascent, wherby Men did climb vp to the same, as if it had bin a Scala Cæli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1380 |
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