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Paul M. Allen & Joan deRis Allen.
Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures: A Modern Spiritual Path.
Published Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1996.
ISBN 0863152422;
ISBN-13 9780863152429.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Cromwell Press, Wilts.
Size: 156x231x12mm.
Page count: 144pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on its covers, a bit of wear on the edges and some curling at the corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 279g.

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Contents: Francis — early years; Spiritual-historical background; Knighthood of compassion — Francis’s Damascus experience; Francis & the creatures of the earth; Mountain aflame; Birth of the Canticle of the Creatures — Il Cantico delle Creature; World of the celestial hierarchies; “Canticle of the Creatures” — a living organism; The ninefold path & the Canticle today.

Illustrations: 20, monochrome
Maps & plans; no

Notes: no
Tables: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: included in chapter 2
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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