{"product_id":"the-memorial-of-the-abundance-of-the-divine-sweetness-volume-88-9780879071387","title":"The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness: Volume 88","description":"\u003cp\u003eGertrud the Great (1256-1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences, some of which she recorded in Latin \"with her own hand,\" in what became Book Two of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald of God's Loving-Kindnes\u003c\/i\u003es, the standard version of her revelations. The other four books\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewere written down by a close confidant of the saint, now often known as \"Sister N.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently a different version of Gertrud's revelations has been discovered, in an early fourteenth-century manuscript held at the University of Leipzig, Germany, much older than the known manuscripts of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald. The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness \u003c\/i\u003eis shorter than \u003ci\u003eThe Herald, \u003c\/i\u003eand while the two versions have some text in common (notably most of \u003ci\u003eThe Herald's \u003c\/i\u003eBook Two), the new manuscript also contains some completely new material, which sometimes modifies and sometimes complements what readers already know of the saint. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879071387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440","brand":"Gertrud the Great of Helfta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42353052156085,"sku":"9780879071387","price":42.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_23c21d21-adde-40ea-9b85-db7407cf9941.jpg?v=1661842943","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-memorial-of-the-abundance-of-the-divine-sweetness-volume-88-9780879071387","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}