Born in the last quarter of the 13th century, John of Morigny began his education at the cathedral school of Chartres.
His major work, The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, has at its core a Book of Prayers, written at the University of Orléans between 1301 and 1308, promising infused knowledge of the liberal arts and other disciplines to operators who obtain the Virgin’s license to use it.
[1] The Book of Prayers in John's Flowers of Heavenly Teaching adapts the structure and goals of a work of late medieval ritual magic known as the Ars Notoria.
[4] According to the Grandes chroniques de France, a copy of the Liber visionum was confiscated and publicly burned at University of Paris in 1323.
[6] Most manuscripts show traces of personalization by users, testifying to the work's ongoing importance after the condemnation.