Scala Dei (Eiximenis)
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Scala Dei (Stair of God), also called Tractat de contemplació (Contemplation treatise), is a literary work written by Francesc Eiximenis possibly in 1399 in Valencia in Catalan and dedicated to Maria de Luna, queen of the Crown of Aragon and wife of king Martin of Aragon.
Some parts of the Llibre de les dones (Book of Women), specifically the ones included in the Treaty of penance and the Treatise of contemplation, were included later in the book that Eiximenis probably offered to queen Maria de Luna when his husband Martin of Aragon (and she also) was crowned, as Andreu Ivars pointed out.[1] We know the king's coronation took place on 13 April 1399, and the queen's on 23 April 1399.[2]