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Early English Text Society Original Ser.: Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham by Robert Easting (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherEarly English Text Society (E E TS)

ISBN-100197223214

ISBN-139780197223215

eBay Product ID (ePID)2307668

Product Key Features

Number of Pages382 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRevelation of the Monk of Eynsham

Publication Year2003

SubjectMysticism, General, Eschatology, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion

AuthorRobert Easting

SeriesEarly English Text Society Original Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight22.2 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-544505

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"...presented with meticulous comprehensiveness by Easting. His is an edition of notable judgment and erudition. It is hard to imagine how his work could be improved upon."-- Speculum, "...presented with meticulous comprehensiveness by Easting. His is an edition of notable judgment and erudition. It is hard to imagine how his work could be improved upon."--Speculum

Series Volume Number318

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal248.2/9

SynopsisThe Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham is a late fifteenth-century translation of the late twelfth-century Visio Monachi de Eynsham by Adam of Eynsham (later author of the Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis). This is the first modern edition of the Revelation since Edward Arber's reprint in 1869. The Middle English text is printed in parallel with an edited text of the version of the Latin source closest to that used by the translator, based on Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra., The Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham is a late fifteenth-century translation of the late twelfth-century Visio Monachi de Eynsham by Adam of Eynsham (later author of the Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis ). This is the first modern edition of the Revelation since Edward Arber's reprint in 1869. The Middle English text is printed in parallel with an edited text of the version of the Latin source closest to that used by the translator, based on Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra., The Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham is a late fifteenth-century translation of the late twelfth-century Visio Monachi de Eynsham by Adam of Eynsham (later author of the Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis). The Revelation recounts a fascinating vision of purgatory and paradise experienced by Adam's brother Edmund at the monastery of Eynsham, while unconscious for two days at Easter 1196 and who encountered in purgatory a varied range of contemporary figures, including the soul of Henry II. The text survives in two copies of a version printed in London c. 1483 by William de Machlinia.This is the first modern edition of the Revelation since Edward Arber's reprint in 1869. The Middle English text is printed in parallel with an edited text of the version of the Latin source closest to that used by the translator, based on Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra., An edition of a fifteenth-century translation of a Latin vision of purgatory and paradise experienced in 1196 by Edmund, monk of Eynsham. The translation is presented with the Latin text in parallel. This edition also includes a full discussion of the historical context and the translation.

LC Classification NumberBV5091.R4