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The revelations of Saint Birgitta /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Corporate Author: Princeton University. Library
Other Authors: Cumming, William Patterson, 1900-1989, Awdelay, John, active 1559-1577
Format: Book
Language:English, Middle (1100-1500)
English
Published: Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus Reprint, 1987.
Series:Early English Text Society (Series) ; 178.
Subjects:
Private revelations > Early works to 1800.
Visions > Early works to 1800.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Texts.
Description
Item Description:Translation of selections from: Revelationes.
Text in Middle English; notes in English.
Reprint. Originally published: London : Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press, 1929. (Early English Text Society. Original series ; number 178).
The Revelations, originally written in Swedish, were translated into Latin by one of the Saint's confessors. This Middle English version, written before 1475, contains selections which follow the Latin closely, though rearranged. The introduction includes John Awdelay's Salutation to St. Birgitta from Bodl. Ms. Douce 302.
Physical Description:xxxix, 135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0527001759 (alk. paper) :