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Peter of Cornwall's Book of revelations
Liber revelationum. English
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- Creator
- by Robert Easting and Richard Sharpe
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Latin
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2013]
- ©2013
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 615 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780888441843, 0888441843
- OCLC
- ocn827828639
- In addition to the Liber revelationum, this edition includes several other works by Peter of Cornwall: his Account of St Patrick's Purgatory; the Visions of Ailsi; Visions at the Cistercian Abbey of Ham, Essex; Visions at Lessness, Kent; and other tales told by Peter of Cornwall.
- Liber revelationum edited from the single extant manuscript, London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 51.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-572) and indexes.
- Texts in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction and critical studies in English.
Subjects
- Peter, of Cornwall, approximately 1140-1221.
- Visions -- Early works to 1800.
- Private revelations -- Early works to 1800.
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England -- History and criticism.
- Visions -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Visions in literature.
- Voyages to the otherworld in literature.
- Purgatory in literature.