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‖ Scala Cæli|ˈskeɪlə ˈsiːlaɪ|
Also 5–6 scala cely, celi, 6–9 cœli, 6 scale, skaly celi.
[L. = ladder of heaven.]
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.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 102 Massis at rome, at scala celi. Ibid., Þat if a prest seye a masse at scala celi for a soule it schal onoon ben out of purgatorie. a1400Stac. Rome 118 (Vernon MS.), In þat place a Chapel is. Scala celi clepet hit is. c1500God spede the plough 74 Then commeth prestis that goth to rome For to haue silver to sing at Scala celi. 1515in 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. 1519Churchw. Acc. St. Margarets, Westm. (Nichols 1797) 8 To the Keeper of Scala Celi in the Abbey. 1534Hylsey in Lett. Suppress. Monasteries (Camden) 12 Massys off scale celi. 1536Articles devised by King D iij b. c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 17 Legacyes, trentals, with scala cely messys. 1583Foxe A. & M. (ed. 4) 1178/2 That all partakers of the same gylde [of our Lady in S. Botolph's, Boston],..which..shall say or cause to be sayde Masses for soules departed in paynes of Purgatory, shall..have the full remission due to them which visite the Chappell of Scala Cœli.
2. (With reference to the etymol. sense.) A ladder leading from earth to heaven; a means of attaining heaven or heavenly bliss.
1549Latimer 5th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 139 Scala cœli, is a preachynge matter I tell you, and not a massyng matter. 1603J. Davies in Sylvester Du Bartas (1621) 651 Making loose lines (forsooth) their Scala Cœli; A Tauerne for a Temple, to adore, Their only god, their guts. 1626Bacon New Atl. 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. |