It also includes a newly edited version of the Latin text based on all the extant manuscripts and - rarer still - the Greek text. Thomas Heffernan's new study contains much that has never been done before, including a prosopography of all the individuals mentioned in the Passion, a new English translation and the first detailed historical commentary in English on the entire narrative of the Passion. This unique and precious text survives in one Greek and in nine Latin manuscript versions. A description of the heroic deaths of both women, and the autobiography of one of the leaders of the Christian community, Saturus, is woven into Perpetua's diary by an anonymous editor, who tells us that, as they died, Perpetua, Felicity, and the other condemned Christians bid farewell with a kiss of peace. Perpetua's steadfastness in her belief led to her martyrdom in the amphitheater. Imprisoned with her was her pregnant slave Felicity. She was well-married and had recently become the mother of a baby son, but despite her advantages, she refused to recant her faith when she was arrested with other recent converts to Christianity. in Carthage, as part of a civic celebration honoring Caesar Geta. One of the most widely read and studied texts composed in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, a young woman of the elite classes who was martyred in March of the year 202 or 203 C.E. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.Winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.
Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Stanley Morison, who permits my translation to be reprinted and to whom I owe the first impulse to a study which has been of great interest to myself and may perhaps be of use to others.
Augustine Upon These Saints I record my debt to the books of many writers - above all those of Allard, Leclercq and Robinson - on whose wide erudition my work so often depends to Lady Helen Asquith, who read through my book in proof and to Mr. Perpetua and Felicity, MM: A New Edition and Translation of the Latin Text, Together With the Sermons of S.
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