Heliga Birgitta - Böcker

The Quattuor Oraciones were composed by St. Birgitta of Sweden and form a part of her Revelations. They have been edited with the aid of all the known MSS. The edition contains an introduction describing the history of the Latin and Old Swedish texts, the MSS and their interrelations, as well as discussions of textual problems and issues such as the use of cursus. The Latin text is edited from a suitable sample of MSS and one hitherto unedited, Old Swedish version has also been printed. As is customary, certain indexes are included in the edition. Keywords: St. Birgitta, St. Bridget, Revelation, Quattuor oraciones, prayer, Vadstena, spirituality.

This critical edition of Liber IV of the Reuelaciones of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, like its predecessors in this series, bases its text upon the readings of selected, medieval manuscripts. The text of the Editio princeps (impr. B. Ghotan, Lübeck 1491) has been superseded, particularly in those ten Revelations of Liber IV that were also incorporated by Alfonso of Jaen into Liber VIII (Liber celestis Imperatoris ad reges); in this case, the present edition presents a text that has as yet been inaccessible to non-specialist scholars. This edition also contains an Apparatus critic us, an Apparatus f ontium, a Bibliography, an Introduction on the history of the manuscripts and the text, a Glossary, and Indices of grammar, literary sources, names and places. Keywords: St. Birgitta, St. Bridget, Revelation, Vadstena, Spirituality.

This critical edition of Liber III of the Reuelaciones of Saint Birgitta of Sweden is based on the readings of selected, medieval manuscripts. Furthermore, the text of the Editio princeps (impr. B. Ghotan, Lübeck 1492) has been used. The edition also contains an apparatus criticus, an apparatus fontium, a bibliography, an introduction to the history of the manuscripts and the text, a glossary and indices of grammar, literary sources, names and places, together with an excursus on the use of the Old Swedish text(s) in Book III and another one on a Latin Message, an original draft, corresponding to Book III 8 and 9. Keywords: St. Birgitta, St. Bridget, Revelation, Spirituality.

The present volume contains the first critical edition of the Latin text of St. Birgitta's (1303-73) Revelations, Book II. The edition is based on a collation of eleven selected MSS. which, in the editions of other Revelations books, have proved to be of high quality. In one of the introductory chapters, the relationships between these MSS. are accounted for. The archetype of the MSS., reconstructed as described in the chapter on principles of edition, is analysed in detail in a chapter on textual criticism. It appears to contain numerous errors, which are corrected in the edition. A glossary after the edition lists all such words as are either lacking in Georges' Handworterbuch or appear there with a meaning not applicable in the text of the present edition. Indices of different kinds conclude the edition.

This is the first critical edition of Book VIII of the Reuelaciones of St. Birgitta of Sweden, a book that was originally conceived by its medieval editor, Alfonso of Jaen, as a Mirror of Kings, selected from 58 of Birgitta's Revelations and entitled Liber celestis imperatoris ad reges. The edition bases its text upon the readings of selected medieval manuscripts. The text of the Editio Princeps (impr. B. Ghotan, Lübeck 1492), which is based on two manuscripts belonging to Vadstena Abbey, is here superseded by a text much closer to Alfonso's original version. This edition also contains a reprint of Alfonso's Preface entitled Epistola Solitarii ad reges (ed. Arne Jönsson 1989), an Apparatus criticus, an Introduction with Bibliography, an Apparatus fontium, a Glossary, and indices. Keywords: St. Birgitta, St. Bridget of Sweden, Revelation, Reuelaciones, Vadstena, Spirituality.