Maeterlinck, Maurice.—Ruysbroeck and the Mystics. Translated by Jane Stoddart (London, 1908).
An English version of the Introduction to L’Ornement des Noces Spirituelles, above-mentioned; with many fine passages translated from Ruysbroeck’s other works.
Pomerius, H.—De Origine Monasterii Viridisvallis una cum Vitis Joannis Rusbrochii.
Printed in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. iv. (Brussels, 1885). The chief authority for all biographical facts.
Scully, Dom Vincent.—A Mediæval Mystic (London, 1910).
A biographical account, founded on Pomerius, with a short analysis of Ruysbroeck’s works. Popular and uncritical.
Vreese, Dr. W. L. de.—Jean de Ruysbroeck (Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. xx.) (Brussels, 1907).
An important and authoritative article with analysis of all Ruysbroeck’s works and full bibliography.
——Bijdragen tot de Kennis van het Leven en de Werken van Jan van Ruusbroec (Gent, 1896).
Contains Gerard Naghel’s sketch of Ruysbroeck’s life, with other useful material.