The Translation of the Works of St Birgitta of Sweden into the Medieval European Vernacular

284 Pages·2000·14.686 MB·English

by  Bridget Morris, Veronica O’Mara

THE TRANSLATION OF THE WORKS
OF ST BIRGITTA OF SWEDEN
INTO THE MEDIEVAL
EUROPEAN VERNACULARS
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The Medieval Translator 7
BREPOLS
Cover illustration :
Woodcut pasted into a copy of
Ulrich von Richental’s German Concilium buch.
This volume of papers, from an international Conference held in
Beverley in 1997 on the translation into the medieval European ver­
naculars of the works of St Birgitta of Sweden, forms volume 7 in the
series The Medieval Translator. Previous volumes in the series have
been based on papers heard at the Cardiff Conferences on the Theory
and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages (1987- ). While future
volumes in the series will continue to provide a record of the Cardiff
Conference (the next is planned for Compostella in 2001), the present
volume provides a welcome development for the series, and paves the
way for scholarly monographs on individual works and writers —
including editions of medieval translations — and other publications
more narrowly angled at the different questions raised by the study of
medieval translation.
ISBN 2-503-50717-4
9782503507170
9 7825 071
The Medieval Translator
Previous volumes in the series:
1. The Medieval Translator. Papers Read at the
Conference at Gregynog Hall, 20-23 August 1987,
edited by R. Ellis, S. Medcalf, P. Meredith and
J. Wogan-Browne (Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 1989).
2. The Medieval Translator, Volume 2 [Further papers
heard at Gregynog Hall], edited by R. Ellis, Westfield
Publications in Medieval Literature (London : Centre
for Medieval Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield
College, University of London, 1991).
3. New Comparison 12 : Translation in the Middle Ages
[The Medieval Translator, Volume 3] [Proceedings of
the Conference held at Cardiff, 1991], edited by
R. Ellis, 1991.
4. The Medieval Translator, Volume 4 [Proceedings of
the Conference held at Cardiff 1993], edited by
R. Ellis and R. Evans (Exeter : University of Exeter
Press, 1994).
5. The Medieval Translator, Volume 5 [Proceedings of
the Conference held at Conques, 1993], edited by
R. Ellis and R. Taxier (Tumhout : Brepols, 1996).
6. The Medieval Translator, Volume 6 [Proceedings of
the Conference held at Göttingen, 1996], edited by
R. Ellis, R. Tixier and B. Weitemeier (Tumhout :
Brepols, 1998).
All future volumes will be published by Brepols.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE WORKS
OF ST BIRGITTA OF SWEDEN
INTO THE MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN VERNACULARS
The Medieval Translator 7
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze, MS Magi. II. II. 393, c. 1
THE TRANSLATION OF THE WORKS
OF ST BIRGITTA OF SWEDEN
INTO THE MEDIEVAL
EUROPEAN VERNACULARS
Editors
Bridget Morris and Veronica O’Mara
The Medieval Translator
Volume 7
BRJEPOLS
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