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Holy Men of Mount Athos
Inbunden, 2016
306 kr
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Often simply called the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos was the most famous center of Byzantine monasticism and remains the spiritual heart of the Orthodox Church today. This volume presents the Lives of Euthymios the Younger, Athanasios of Athos, Maximos the Hutburner, Niphon of Athos, and Philotheos. …
Rule of Saint Benedict
Av Benedict of Nursia, Bruce L. Venarde m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
305 kr
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One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of interest for first-time readers of the Rule as …
Menologion of Basil II
Inbunden, 2025
305 kr
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A fascinating window into daily Byzantine religious observancesThe Menologion of Basil II, one of the most famous manuscripts surviving from Byzantium, contains short narratives to be read during the morning office to commemorate the saint or feast of the day. Dedicated to the emperor Basil II (r. …
Moralized Ovid
Av Pierre Bersuire, Frank T. Coulson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
352 kr
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An influential medieval allegorical interpretation of the Metamorphoses that uncovers the hidden moral truths of Ovid’s stories, translated into English for the first time.Written in about 1340 in Avignon by the Benedictine preacher Pierre Bersuire, The Moralized Ovid—commonly referred to by its …
On Difficulties in the Church Fathers – The Ambigua, Volume I
Av Maximos the Confessor, Nicholas Constas
Inbunden, 2014
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306 kr
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Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy, theology, and spirituality. His profound spiritual experiences and penetrating theological vision found complex and often astonishing expression in his unparalleled command of Greek philosophy, making …
History
Inbunden, 2012
315 kr
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In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East, controlling the Balkans south of the Danube and all of Asia Minor into Armenia and Syria. By 1079 it had become a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by powerful enemies on all sides. The History of Michael …
Medical Writings from Early Medieval England, Volume I – The Old English Herbal, Lacnunga, and Other Texts
The Old English Herbal, Lacnunga, and Other Texts
Inbunden, 2023
305 kr
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The first comprehensive edition and translation of Old English writings on health and healing in more than 150 years.Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts—unique local remedies and translations of late antique …
Life of the Virgin Mary
Av John Geometres, Maximos Constas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
306 kr
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The first complete, modern translation of one of the most important Byzantine works of Marian doctrine and devotion.John Geometres (ca. 935–ca. 1000) was one of the most highly esteemed poets and authors in Byzantium; yet his most important text, the Life of the Virgin Mary, remains largely unknown …
Two Works on Trebizond
Av Michael Panaretos, Bessarion m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
315 kr
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In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the Black Sea, outlasted numerous rivals and invaders …
Literary Works
Av Alan of Lille, Winthrop Wetherbee
Inbunden, 2013
351 kr
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A product of the cathedral schools that played a foundational role in the so-called Twelfth-Century Renaissance, Alan of Lille was renowned for the vast learning which earned him the title of Doctor Universalis. His writings include many significant contributions to the development of systematic …
Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on Abuses
Av Nigel of Canterbury, Jan M. Ziolkowski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
352 kr
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The first English translation of the earliest Latin poems about miracles performed by the Virgin Mary, composed in twelfth-century Canterbury by a Benedictine monk who inspired Chaucer.Nigel (ca. 1135–1198), a Benedictine monk at Christ Church in Canterbury, is best known for The Mirror of Fools—a …
Well-Laden Ship
Inbunden, 2013
305 kr
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The Well-Laden Ship (Fecunda ratis) is an early eleventh-century Latin poem composed of ancient and medieval proverbs, fables, and folktales. Compiled by Egbert of Liège, it was planned as a first reader for beginning students. This makes it one of the few surviving works from the Middle Ages …
Old English Poems of Cynewulf
Av Cynewulf, Robert E. Bjork m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
352 kr
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The Old English poems attributed to Cynewulf, who flourished some time between the eighth and tenth centuries, are unusual because most vernacular poems in this period are anonymous. Other than the name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even the most basic facts of where or when he …
Saints' Lives
Av Henry of Avranches, David Townsend
Inbunden, 2014
306 kr
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The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin narrative poetry continued to thrive well into the middle of the thirteenth century. No better evidence of this survives than in the long and brilliantly successful career of Henry of Avranches (d. 1262). Professional versifier to abbots, bishops, …
Beowulf Manuscript
Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg
Av R. D. Fulk
Inbunden, 2010
363 kr
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Beowulf is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.But this volume offers something unique. For the first time in the history of Beowulf …
Old English Shorter Poems, Volume II – Wisdom and Lyric
Wisdom and Lyric
Inbunden, 2014
351 kr
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The twenty-five poems and eleven metrical charms in this Old English volume offer tantalizing insights into the mental landscape of the Anglo-Saxons. The Wanderer and The Seafarer famously combine philosophical consolation with introspection to achieve a spiritual understanding of life as a …
Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle
Av Pseudo-Methodius, Benjamin Garstad
Inbunden, 2012
305 kr
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This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the first works composed in response to the Arab invasions and the establishment of the Muslim empire in the seventh century. In a matter of decades, it was translated from …
Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints
Av Mary Clayton
Inbunden, 2013
351 kr
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Religious piety has rarely been animated as vigorously as in Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints. Ranging from lyrical to dramatic to narrative, the individual poems show great inventiveness in reimagining perennial Christian topics. In different poems, for example, Christ expels Lucifer …
Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition
Av Andy Orchard
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages? Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and inscrutable utterances have been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries. Often brief and always delightful, medieval riddles provide …
The Pentateuch
Douay-Rheims Translation
Av Swift Edgar
Inbunden, 2010
306 kr
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The Vulgate Bible, compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the intersection of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, was used from the early Middle Ages through the twentieth century in the Western European Christian (and, later, specifically Catholic) tradition. Its significance can …
Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas
Inbunden, 2010
352 kr
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This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The poet Peter of Blois was proclaimed by a contemporary of his to be a master composer of rhythmic verse. Peter’s secular love-lyrics gathered in …
Old English Boethius
with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred
Av Susan Irvine
Inbunden, 2012
305 kr
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The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The Consolation of Philosophy. Condemned to death for treason around 525 ce, the Roman scholar Boethius turned to philosophy to transform his personal distress into a powerful …
One Hundred Latin Hymns
Ambrose to Aquinas
Inbunden, 2012
305 kr
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“How I wept at your hymns and songs, keenly moved by the sweet-sounding voices of your church!” wrote the recently converted Augustine in his Confessions. Christians from the earliest period consecrated the hours of the day and the sacred calendar, liturgical seasons and festivals of saints. This …
Old English Shorter Poems, Volume I – Religious and Didactic
Religious and Didactic
Inbunden, 2012
351 kr
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Alongside famous long works such as Beowulf, Old English poetry offers a large number of shorter compositions, many of them on explicitly Christian themes. This volume of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library presents twenty-nine of these shorter religious poems composed in Old and early Middle …
Miracle Tales from Byzantium
Inbunden, 2012
351 kr
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Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and Byzantine life and thought. This volume makes available three collections of miracle tales never before translated into English. Together, the collections offer an exceptional variety of miracles from the Byzantine era. First are the fifth-century …
On the Liturgy
Books 1-2
Av Amalar of Metz, Eric Knibbs
Inbunden, 2014
306 kr
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Amalar of Metz’s On the Liturgy (the Liber officialis, or De ecclesiastico officio) was one of the most widely read and circulated texts of the Carolingian era. The fruit of lifelong reflection and study in the wake of liturgical reform in the early ninth century, Amalar’s commentary inaugurated …
Satires. Eupolemius
Av Sextus Amarcius, Jan M Ziolkowski
Inbunden, 2011
351 kr
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Composed in Germany by a monastic poet steeped in classical lore and letters, the Satires of Amarcius (Sextus Amarcius Gallus Piosistratus) unrelentingly attack both secular vices and ecclesiastical abuses of the late eleventh century. The verses echo Horace and Prudentius, are laced with proverbs …
Histories
Books 1-2
Av Richer of Saint-Rémi, Justin Lake
Inbunden, 2011
315 kr
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The Historia of Richer of Saint-Rémi (ca. 950–ca. 1000), an invaluable source for understanding tenth-century West Francia (present-day France), provides a rare contemporary account of the waning Carolingian dynasty, accession of Hugh Capet, and failed rebellion of Charles of Lorraine. Beginning in …
Vulgate Bible, Volume II: The Historical Books: Douay–Rheims Translation, Part B
Av Swift Edgar
Inbunden, 2011
306 kr
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This is the second volume, in two parts, of a projected six-volume set of the complete Vulgate Bible.Compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the turn of the fifth century CE, the Vulgate Bible was used from the early medieval period through the twentieth century in the Western …
Histories
Books 3-4
Av Richer of Saint-Rémi, Justin Lake
Inbunden, 2011
315 kr
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The Historia of Richer of Saint-Rémi (ca. 950–ca. 1000), an invaluable source for understanding tenth-century West Francia (present-day France), provides a rare contemporary account of the waning Carolingian dynasty, accession of Hugh Capet, and failed rebellion of Charles of Lorraine. Beginning in …
