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Robert Van de Weyer, comp.
Celtic Fire: An Anthology of Celtic Christian Literature.
Published London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1990.
ISBN 023251772X;
ISBN-13: 9780232517729.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Courier International, Tiptree.
Size: 134x214x11mm.
Page count: [vi],138pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some general wear and mild creasing on the covers; pages yellowed with age; spine uncreased, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £3.50
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Weight without packaging: 167g.

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Contents: Confession of Patrick; Brigid's city; Voyage of Brendan; Columba's island; Aidan & Oswald; Cuthbert's kingdom; Hilda & Caedmon; Iltut's school; Saints & beasts; Monks & hermits; Scribes & scholars; Prayers through the say; Prayers for protection; Prayers of life & death; Songs to Jesus; God & the soul; Riches & poverty; Celtic psalter; Four seasons; Encounters of Moling; Vision of Seth; Gnomic poems; triads.
Appendix: A Celtic pilgrimage [suggests places to visit in Ireland, Scotland & northern England, and Wales]

Illustrations: 20 monochrome drawings
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 13pp
Notes: none
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: half-page
Index: no

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