The Revelations of Saint Birgitta

Author(s)

• Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, ca.
• Cumming, William Patterson
• Awdelay, John, fl.
• Princeton University. Library

Bibliographic Information

The Revelations of Saint Birgitta

edited from the fifteenth-century MS. in the Garrett collection in the Library of Princeton University by William Patterson Cumming

（Early English Text Society original series, no. 178）

Kraus Reprint, 1987

Other Title

Revelationes

Note

Translation of selections from: Revelationes

Text in Middle English; notes in English

Reprint. Originally published: London : Published for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. (Early English Text Society. Original series ; no. 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

Includes bibliographical references

Details

• NCID: BA1015260X
• ISBN:
  • 0527001759
• LCCN: 87017303
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: enm
• Text Language Code: enm
• Place of Publication: Millwood, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xxxix, 135 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX4700.B62
  • DC19 : 248.2/9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Private revelations -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Visions -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00945047