The origins of Christianity in Bohemia : sources and commentary / Marvin Kantor
1990, 1st edition. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards and title-blocked spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425870
ISBN: 0810108747
Physical description; viii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-299). Church Slavonic and Latin texts, chiefly on Saint Wenceslas and Saint Ludmila, translated by the editor. Contents; ONE: Church Slavonic fragments and hymns -- Prague Glagolitic fragments -- O Lord, have mercy on us (Paraliturgical hymn). TWO: Church Slavonic works about Wenceslas and Ludmila -- First church Slavonic life of Saint Wenceslas -- Second church Slavonic life of Saint Wenceslas -- Service and canon in honor of Saint Wenceslas -- Prologue life of Saint Ludmila -- Prologue life of Saint Wenceslas -- Prologue translation of Saint Wenceslas. THREE: Other church Slavonic works -- Life of Saint Vitus -- Office in honor of Saint Vitus (Glagolitic fragment) -- Prayer against the devil -- Prayer to the Holy Trinity. FOUR: Latin works about Wenceslas and Ludmila -- Life and martyrdom of Saint Wenceslas (Crescente fide) -- Passion of the martyr Ludmila (Fuit in provincia Boemorum) -- Life and martyrdom of Saint Wenceslas and his grandmother, Saint Ludmila (Legenda Christiani) -- Homily for the Feast of Saint Ludmila (Factum est) -- Legend of Saint Wenceslas (Oriente iam sole) -- Brief account of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the baptism of the Moravian and Bohemian lands (Diffundente sole). Subjects; Ludmila Saint. Wenceslas Saint. Wenceslas Duke of Bohemia approximately 907-929. Czechoslovakia Church history. Czechoslovakia Church history ; Sources.
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