The legend of St Brendan : a critical bibliography / by Glyn S. Burgess and Clara Strijbosch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, Glyn S. (Glyn Sheridan)

Contributor:

Strijbosch, Clara, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brendan, Saint, the Voyager, approximately 483-577.

Navigatio Sancti Brendani--Bibliography.

Navigatio Sancti Brendani.

Brendan, Saint, the Voyager, approximately 483-577--Bibliography.

Brendan.

Christian saints--Ireland--Legends--Bibliography.

Christian saints.

Ireland.

Genre:

Legends.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 287 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Legend of Saint Brendan

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Royal Irish Academy, 2000.

Contents:

Part 1 Manuscripts, Editions and Translations 1

I Vita Brendani/Betha Brenainn/The Life of Brendan 3

1 The Latin Lives (Vitae Brendani) 4

2 The Irish Lives (Bethada Brenainn) 9

II Navigatio sancti Brendani/The Voyage of St Brendan 13

III The Legenda aurea Versions 27

IV Other Latin and Irish Texts on St Brendan 31

1 Latin Texts 31

2 Irish Texts 40

3 Minor Legends connected with St Brendan 42

V Vernacular Versions of the Navigatio sancti Brendani 49

1 Benedeit's Version and Other French Versions 49

2 The Dutch/German Reis and Other Dutch and German Versions 57

3 English Versions 69

4 Italian Versions 73

5 The Occitan Version 76

6 The Catalan Version 77

7 The Norse Version 77

VI References to St Brendan in Irish Annals, Genealogies and Martyrologies 79

VII References to St Brendan in Other Saints' Lives 85

VIII References to St Brendan in Other Medieval Works 91

IX Modern Works on St Brendan 101

Part 2 Studies 105.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1874045860

OCLC:

46739887