
The Tripartite Life of Patrick
With Other Documents Relating to that Saint
Cambridge University Press
Published on 15. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
516 pages
978-1-108-05321-1 (ISBN)
Description
Celtic scholar and philologist Whitley Stokes (1830-1909) edited and translated many important early medieval texts from Ireland, in Latin and Irish, which remain standard reading. This two-volume edition of works about Patrick, the fifth-century apostle to Ireland, was first published in 1887. The Tripartite Life, compiled around 900 CE, is the earliest-known saint's life in Irish. It was intended to be read over the three days of the saint's festival. Hagiography rather than history, with many fictitious and legendary elements, it is partly in Irish and partly in Latin. The Irish portions are translated into English. Volume 1 includes an extensive introduction on the manuscript sources, the work's probable date on linguistic grounds, and the social context in which it originated. Stokes also attempts to disentangle fable from known biographical information about Patrick, and discusses the saint's own writings and the annalistic references given in Volume 2.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
829 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-05321-1 (9781108053211)
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The Tripartite Life of Patrick 2 Volume Set
With Other Documents Relating to that Saint
Book
11/2012
Cambridge University Press
€107.89
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Edited and translated
Content
Introduction; The Tripartite Life: Part I; Part II; Part III.