{"product_id":"the-life-of-st-brendan-gordon-barthos-9780888443120","title":"The Life of St Brendan and His Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eFounder of monasteries, navigator of fantastic voyages, wonder-working intercessor and confessor, Saint Brendan of Clonfert and Ardfert (c. 486-578) was among the most colourful and celebrated figures of medieval Ireland. Brendan's renown, nurtured by his monastic community and their princely patrons, approached that of Patrick, Brigit, and Columba, Ireland's national saints. His fame was such that stories about him were told with those of King Arthur and other worthies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chief surviving memorials in Latin to Brendan's life, legend and historical influence are three: the \u003ci\u003eVita Sancti Brendani\u003c\/i\u003e recounting his clerical activities in Ireland and abroad, the \u003ci\u003eNavigatio Sancti Brendani\u003c\/i\u003e relating his fabulous seven-year voyage seeking a terrestrial paradise on the great ocean, and the \u003ci\u003eOratio Sancti Brendani\u003c\/i\u003e, a lengthy prayer for protection and deliverance that is attributed to him. Definitive versions of these three works have been preserved in two manuscripts dating from the fourteenth and the eleventh centuries respectively. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis complete translation of the \u003ci\u003eVita Sancti Brendani\u003c\/i\u003e (from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485, a version which incorporates the \u003ci\u003eNavigatio\u003c\/i\u003e), and of the \u003ci\u003eOratio\u003c\/i\u003e attributed to him (from Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 13067), offers the first full portrait in English of Brendan not only as the saintly hero of the popular \u003ci\u003eNavigatio\u003c\/i\u003e but also as an emblem of the Gaelic people, their struggles and their aspirations over the long arc of Irish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Barthos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0888443129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780888443120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PIMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.83w x 0.47d","brand":"Gordon Barthos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756477870335,"sku":"9780888443120","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ea2806a-458b-4def-a6dd-e8854a3bb346.jpg?v=1706593091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-of-st-brendan-gordon-barthos-9780888443120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}