| Description |
1 online resource (x, 235 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Devon and Cornwall Record Society ; new ser., vol. 35 |
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Devon and Cornwall Record Society (Series) ; new ser., v. 35.
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| Summary |
Nicholas Roscarrock (c. 1548-1634) was a Cornish Catholic who suffered torture and imprisonment in the Tower of London, and afterwards wrote a great dictionary of British and Irish saints. Using medieval Latin saints' lives together with precious folklore not recorded elsewhere, he wrote accounts of Petroc and Piran, Neot and Samson, Sidwell and Urith, and many lesser-known figures. Here are many familiar and some unique stories: St Columb's well whose water would not boil; St Endelient, King Arthur and the cow; and St Menfre who threw her comb at the Devil. This edition provides, for the first time, a printed text of all Roscarrock's articles which relate to the saints of Cornwall and Devon. An introduction tells the story of Roscarrock's life and describes his book, and detailed notes explain what is known today about the saints |
| Analysis |
Saints History |
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Devon (England) |
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Cornwall (England) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Roscarrock, Nicholas. Lives of the saints. swd |
| Subject |
Christian saints -- England -- Cornwall -- Biography
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Christian saints -- England -- Devon -- Biography
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Christian saints
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Heiliger
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Devon
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| SUBJECT |
Cornwall (England : County) -- Church history
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Devon (England) -- Church history
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| Subject |
England -- Cornwall (County)
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England -- Devon
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Cornwall
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Church history
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Orme, Nicholas
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Cambridge University Library. Manuscript. Additional 3041 (C)
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| ISBN |
9781800107946 |
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1800107943 |
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