Mary Magdalene and Her Sister Martha: An Edition and Translation of the Medieval Welsh Lives

Name: Mary Magdalene and Her Sister Martha: An Edition and Translation of the Medieval Welsh Lives
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ISBN: 9780813221885

ISBN-10: 0813221889

ISBN-13: 9780813221885

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jane Cartwright

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Mary Magdalene and Her Sister Martha: An Edition and Translation of the Medieval Welsh Lives provides scholarly editions and English translations of the medieval Welsh versions of the legends of Mary Magdalene and Martha. Described by Victor Saxer as medieval best sellers, these hagiographical tales, which described how Mary Magdalene and her sister Martha survived a perilous sea voyage from the holy land and evangelized Provence, were available in many different Latin and vernacular versions and circulated widely in the medieval West. The texts were translated or adapted into Middle Welsh some time before the mid-fourteenth century: the Middle Welsh Life of Mary Magdalene is extant in…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 168
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction


Hagiography in Medieval Wales


The Development of the Legends of Mary Magdalene and Martha and the Figure of the Composite Magdalene


The Welsh Cults of Mary Magdalene and Martha


The Welsh Manuscripts


Editorial Methodology and a Note on the Translations and Glossary



Transcription


The Life of Mary Magdalene


The Life of Martha



Edition


The Life of Mary Magdalene


The Life of Martha



Translation


The Life of Mary Magdalene


The Life of Martha


Glosssary


Bibliography


Index