Adomnán's life of Columba

Author(s)

• Adamnan, Saint
• Anderson, Alan Orr
• Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie

Bibliographic Information

Adomnán's life of Columba

edited and translated by Alan Orr Anderson and by Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson ; revised by Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson

（Oxford medieval texts）

Clarendon, 1991

Other Title

Vita S. Columbae

Note

Translation of: Vita S. Columbae

Reprint. Originally published: Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson, 1961

Includes bibliographical references (p. [viii]-xiv) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780198202158

Description

BL With revised Latin text and English translation BL New historical notes and rewritten Introduction Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the Life of Columba was written by Adomnan, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been valued as the major primary source on the subject, for the light it throws on early medieval Scotland and Ireland, and as an important work of literature. The 1961 edition of the Life, by Alan and Marjorie Anderson, has long been unavailable. Marjorie Anderson has now revised both the Latin text and the English translation, provided new historical notes, and rewritten the Introduction to take account of recent work in the area. This new edition of a source indispensable for the study of the early medieval church meets a major scholarly need.

Table of Contents

• References and abbreviations
• Introduction
• Historical
• Textual
• Names
• Methods of the edition
• Facsimiles
• Adomnans life of Columba
• Appendix
• General index
• Index of subjects

Volume

ISBN 9780198222873

Description

Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the "Life of Columba" was written by Adomnan, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been valued as the major primary source on the subject, for the light it throws on early medieval Scotland and Ireland, and as an important work of literature. The 1961 edition of the "Life", by Alan and Marjorie Anderson, has long been unavailable. Marjorie Anderson has now revised both the Latin text and the English translation, provided new historical notes, and rewritten the introduction to take account of recent work in the area.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Historical, Textual
• Names
• Methods of the edition
• Facsimiles
• Adomnan's "Life of Columba"

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Details

• NCID: BA12800970
• ISBN:
  • 0198222874
  • 0198202156
• LCCN: 90037329
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: lxxx, 263 p., [4] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX4700.C7
  • DC20 : 270.2092
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Columba, Saint, of Iona
  • LCSH : Christian saints -- Ireland -- Biography
  • LCSH : Columba, Saint, 521-597
  • LCSH : Adamnan, Saint, 625?-704. Vita S. Columbae
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00380197