{"product_id":"the-memorial-of-the-abundance-of-the-divine-sweetness-volume-88-paperback","title":"The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness: Volume 88 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGertrud the Great of Helfta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Barratt\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGertrud the Great (1256-1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences, some of which she recorded in Latin \"with her own hand,\" in what became Book Two of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald of God's Loving-Kindnes\u003c\/i\u003es, the standard version of her revelations. The other four books\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewere written down by a close confidant of the saint, now often known as \"Sister N.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently a different version of Gertrud's revelations has been discovered, in an early fourteenth-century manuscript held at the University of Leipzig, Germany, much older than the known manuscripts of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald. The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness \u003c\/i\u003eis shorter than \u003ci\u003eThe Herald, \u003c\/i\u003eand while the two versions have some text in common (notably most of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald's \u003c\/i\u003eBook Two), the new manuscript also contains some completely new material, which sometimes modifies and sometimes complements what readers already know of the saint. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Barratt\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus at University of Waikato, New Zealand. She studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto and has published extensively on religious writing by medieval women in Latin and English. She has previously translated Books One and Two (CF 35), Book Three (CF 63), Book Four (CF 85), and Book Five (CF 86) of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald \u003c\/i\u003efor the Cistercian Fathers series\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157580615815,"sku":"9780879071387","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/944f903cc021c6762000f84261a945b6.webp?v=1733251984","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-memorial-of-the-abundance-of-the-divine-sweetness-volume-88-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}