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Saints' lives / Henry of Avranches ; edited and translated by David Townsend.
Van Pelt Library PA8330.H3 A2 2014 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henry, of Avranches, active 13th century, author.
- Series:
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 30, 31.
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 30, 31
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.
- Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870.
- Fremund, Saint, -866.
- Guthlac, Saint, 674-714.
- Birinus, Saint, -650.
- Oswald, King of Northumbria, 604-642.
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Christian saints--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
- Christian saints.
- Henry, of Avranches, active 13th century.
- Henry.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Poetry.
- Francis.
- Oswald, King of Northumbria, 604-642--Poetry.
- Oswald.
- Birinus, Saint, -650--Poetry.
- Birinus.
- Guthlac, Saint, 674-714--Poetry.
- Guthlac.
- Fremund, Saint, -866--Poetry.
- Fremund.
- Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870--Poetry.
- Edmund.
- Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170--Poetry.
- Thomas.
- Genre:
- Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Poetry.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxvi, 324 ; 295 pages) ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Poems in Latin with English prose translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Life of Francis ; Life of Oswald ; Life of Birinus
- v. 2. Life of Guthlac ; Life of Fremund ; Life of Edmund ; Life of Thomas Becket.
- Notes:
- Edited primarily from the manuscript Cambridge, University Library Dd.XI.78.
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 287-289) and index.
- Contains:
- Henry, of Avranches, active 13th century. Poems. Selections (Series : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library)
- Henry, of Avranches, active 13th century. Poems. Selections. English (Townsend)
- ISBN:
- 9780674051287
- 0674051289
- 9780674728653
- 0674728653
- OCLC:
- 856879271
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