An Irish precursor of Dante : $b a study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the eighth-century Irish saint Adamnán, with translation of the Irish text — Dante Alighieri — John Shaqi
An Irish precursor of Dante : $b a study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the eighth-century Irish saint Adamnán, with translation of the Irish text
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Grimm Library
No. 18
AN IRISH PRECURSOR OF DANTE
[Uncial: (Fis Adamnáin)]
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I. GEORGIAN FOLK-TALES. By M. WARDROP. _Out of print._
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Rebirth, by ALFRED NUTT. 2 vols. £1, 1_s._
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VII. THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN. Studies upon its Original Scope
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VIII. THE CUCHULLIN SAGA IN IRISH LITERATURE. By ELEANOR HULL.
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IX., X. THE PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORIC FINNS. By the Hon. J.
ABERCROMBY. 2 vols. _Out of print._
XI. THE HOME OF THE EDDIC POEMS. By SOPHUS BUGGE. _Out of
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XII. THE LEGEND OF SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. Studies upon its
Origin, Development, and Position in the Arthurian Romantic
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XIII. THE WIFE OF BATH’S TALE. By G. F. MAYNADIER. _Out of
print._
XIV. SOHRAB AND RUSTEM. The Epic Theme of a Combat between
Father and Son. A Study of its Genesis, Use in Literature and
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XV. THE THREE DAYS’ TOURNAMENT. A Study in Romance and
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JESSIE L. WESTON. 1903. xvi, 59 pp. 2_s._
XVI. THE CATTLE RAID OF CUALNGE (Táin bó Cuailnge). By L.
WINIFRED FARADAY, M.A. _Out of print._
XVII. THE LEGEND OF SIR PERCEVAL. Studies upon its Origin,
Development, and Position in the Arthurian Cycle. By JESSIE L.
WESTON. Vol. I. 1906.
XVIII. AN IRISH PRECURSOR OF DANTE. By C. S. BOSWELL. 1908.
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An Irish Precursor of Dante
A Study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the
Eighth-century Irish Saint Adamnán, with Translation of the
Irish Text
By
C. S. Boswell
London
Published by David Nutt
at the Sign of the Phœnix
Long Acre
1908
TO
H. M. H. B.
CONTENTS
PAGE
PART I
1. INTRODUCTORY