Mary Magdalene and her sister Martha : an edition and translation of the medieval Welsh lives / [edited and translated by] Jane Cartwright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cartwright, Jane, 1968- editor, translator.

Language:

English

Welsh

Subjects (All):

Mary Magdalene, Saint.

Mary Magdalene.

Martha, Saint.

Martha.

Mary, of Bethany, Saint.

Mary.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 146 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2013]

Summary:

Cartwright's scholarly edition and translation makes the two Middle Welsh lives accessible to an international audience for the first time, showing Wales to have participated fully in European hagiographic traditions. The early development of the sources of these legends is traced in an informative introduction, and detailed comparison of manuscript versions of the Welsh texts from the mid-fourteenth century onwards shows how they were used and adapted into the early modern period. An introductory survey sets the lives in the context of the rich native culture of veneration of saints in Wales and offers the reader a point of entry into the fascinating field of Celtic hagiography. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Hagiography in Medieval Wales 1

The Development of the Legends of Mary Magdalene and Martha and the Figure of the Composite Magdalene 12

The Welsh Cults of Mary Magdalene and Martha 19

The Welsh Manuscripts 29

Editorial Methodology and a Note on the Translations and Glossary 70

2 Transcription 77

The Life of Mary Magdalene 77

The Life of Martha 86

3 Edition 90

The Life of Mary Magdalene 90

The Life of Martha 98

4 Translation 101

The Life of Mary Magdalene 101

The Life of Martha 110.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Buchedd Meir Vadlen.

Buchedd Meir Vadlen. English.

Buchedd Martha.

Buchedd Martha. English.

ISBN:

9780813221885

0813221889

OCLC:

851255189