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Cover courtesy of Harvard University Press
Letters of the translator of the Vulgate on asceticism, scholarship, and his many quarrels.
The Edition
- Original language
- Latin
- Translated by
- F. A. Wright
Publication
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Series volume
- 262
- Date published
- 1933-01-01
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 528 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9780674992887
Reference
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- Introduction
- i. The Woman Struck by Seven Swords
- vii. Family Affairs
- xiv. The Ascetic Life
- xxii. The Virgin’s Profession
- xxxviii. A Good Woman
- xl. Onasus the Windbag
- xliii. The Country Life
- xliv. A Letter of Thanks
- xlv. Innocent Friendships
- lii. A Clergyman’s Duties
- liv. Widows
- lx. A Letter of Consolation
- lxxvii. The Eulogy of Fabiola
- cvii. A Girl’s Education
- cxvii. Dangerous Friendships
- cxxv. Good and Bad Monks
- cxxvii. Marcella and the Sack of Rome
- cxxviii. Feminine Training
- Appendices
- Index of Proper Names