Author: Gordon Barthos
Title: Life of St Brendan and His Prayer. Translated with an introduction and notes by Gordon Barthos
Description: Brepols, 2024 Paperback, xii + 134 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9780888443120. ¶ Summary Founder of monasteries, navigator of fantastic voyages, wonder-working intercessor and confessor, Saint Brendan of Clonfert and Ardfert (c. 486-578) was among the most colourful and celebrated figures of medieval Ireland. This complete translation of the Vita Sancti Brendani (from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485, a version which incorporates the Navigatio), and of the Oratio attributed to him, offers the first full portrait in English of Brendan not only as the saintly hero of the popular Navigatio but also as an emblem of the Gaelic people, their struggles and their aspirations over the long arc of Irish history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Abbreviations Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485, fol. 72v Sites associated with St Brendan of Clonfert and Ardfert Introduction The Historical Evidence Manuscript Sources for the Vita The Vita Sancti Brendani The Oratio Sancti Brendani A Note on the Translation The Life of St Brendan Brendan's Prayer Appendix one The Judas Episode in the Navigatio Appendix two Other Versions of Brendan's Life, Latin and Irish Appendix three Saint of the Gaelic West Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index.
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Title: Life of St Brendan and His Prayer. Translated with an introduction and notes by Gordon Barthos
Description: Brepols, 2024 Paperback, xii + 134 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9780888443120. ¶ Summary Founder of monasteries, navigator of fantastic voyages, wonder-working intercessor and confessor, Saint Brendan of Clonfert and Ardfert (c. 486-578) was among the most colourful and celebrated figures of medieval Ireland. This complete translation of the Vita Sancti Brendani (from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485, a version which incorporates the Navigatio), and of the Oratio attributed to him, offers the first full portrait in English of Brendan not only as the saintly hero of the popular Navigatio but also as an emblem of the Gaelic people, their struggles and their aspirations over the long arc of Irish history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Abbreviations Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485, fol. 72v Sites associated with St Brendan of Clonfert and Ardfert Introduction The Historical Evidence Manuscript Sources for the Vita The Vita Sancti Brendani The Oratio Sancti Brendani A Note on the Translation The Life of St Brendan Brendan's Prayer Appendix one The Judas Episode in the Navigatio Appendix two Other Versions of Brendan's Life, Latin and Irish Appendix three Saint of the Gaelic West Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index.
Keywords: Hagiography & cult saints Schilderkunst kunst paint schilder Beaux Arts Sciences antique antiek deco beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen & Architecture schilderen Kunst Fotografie Art et patrimoine Nouveautés art arts plastiques culture livre siècle Artiste
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- Book number: 63100
- Book number: 63100
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