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Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
Edinburgh and London
Transcriber’s Notes
- Silently corrected a handful of typos: mostly missing quotation marks.
About This Book
A selection of translated medieval devotional writings and a prefatory account of a convent's foundation and relocation are presented through prose and verse. The extracts blend autobiographical recollection, visionary imagery, devotional instruction, and lyrical prayer, with attention to themes of divine love, spiritual union, repentance, and consolation. The translator emphasizes passages that convey the mystical teaching while acknowledging the difficulty of rendering rhythmical and period language into modern English. The result offers readers a compact portrait of a contemplative spiritual life and of the communal and historical context that shaped its expression.