The memorial of the abundance of the divine sweetness / Gertrud the Great of Helfta ; translated and introduced by Alexandra Barratt from the text in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek MS 827.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302, author.

Contributor:

Barratt, Alexandra, translator.

Series:

Cistercian Fathers series ; no. 88.

Cistercian Fathers series, number eighty-eight

Standardized Title:

Memorialis abundantiae divinae pietatis. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Spirituality--Catholic Church.

Spirituality.

Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302.

Gertrude.

Spiritual life--Catholic Church.

Spiritual life.

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

xlv, 394 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minnesota : Cistercian Publications, Liturgical Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Translated from the Latin.

Summary:

"A translation of an early fourteenth-century manuscript held at the University of Leipzig, Germany, written by Gertrud the Great of Helfta"-- Provided by publisher.

"Gertrud the Great (1256-1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences, some of which she recorded in Latin "with her own hand," in what became Book Two of The Herald of God's Loving-Kindness, the standard version of her revelations. The other four books were written down by a close confidant of the saint, now often known as "Sister N."Recently a different version of Gertrud's revelations has been discovered, in an early fourteenth-century manuscript held at the University of Leipzig, Germany, much older than the known manuscripts of The Herald. The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness is shorter than The Herald, and while the two versions have some text in common (notably most of The Herald's Book Two), the new manuscript also contains some completely new material, which sometimes modifies and sometimes complements what readers already know of the saint. "-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302. Memorial of the abundance of the divine sweetness

ISBN:

9780879071387

0879071389

OCLC:

1333086128