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Noun
speculum-literature or (rare) speculum-literature (uncountable)
- Alternative form of speculum literature.
1871, A van der Linde, translated by J H Hessels, “Speculum nostræ Salutis”, in The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster, Critically Examined , London: Blades, East, & Blades, , page 84:This speculum-literature did, of course, not disappear at once in the 16th century.
2006, Rhoda Schnur, Perrine Galand-Hallyn, editors, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bonnensis: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Bonn, 3–9 August, 2003, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, →ISBN, page 159:In this medieval tradition this science’s ethical-political function was emphasised; thus it became part of speculum-literature.
2007, Cordula Politis, The Individualization of Fortune in the Sixteenth-Century Novels of Jorg Wickram: The Beginnings of the Modern Narrative in German Literature, Lewiston, N.Y., Queenston, Ont., Lampeter, Ceredigion: The Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 86:This evokes the medieval tradition of speculum-literature with its strong didactic slant.