{"product_id":"voyage-of-saint-brendan-book-jj-o-meara-9780851053844","title":"The Voyage of Saint Brendan","description":"Written in about AD800, \u003ci\u003eNavigato Sancti Brendani Abbatis (The Voyage of Saint Brendan)\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most famous and enduring stories of western Christendom. While the question whether Saint Brendan reached America remains a subject of controversy, the tale itself is of great interest - a strongly integrated text which derives from several centuries of Irish literary tradition. The text is illustrated by the relevant woodcuts from a German version of the tale which was printed in Augsburg in 1476.\u003cbr\u003eJohn J. O'Meara has here translated one of the most famous and enduring stories of western Christendom, the \u003ci\u003eNavigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis\u003c\/i\u003e, written in Ireland perhaps as early as the year 800. While the routes of Saint Brendan's journeys remain a subject of controversy, the tale itself is of great interest - a strongly integrated text which derives from several centuries of Irish literary tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of Saint Brendan\u003c\/i\u003e presents Professor O'Meara's translation of the only scientific edition of the original Latin text, with his introduction, and is illustrated by the relevant woodcuts from a German version of the tale, \u003ci\u003eSankt Brandans Seefahrt\u003c\/i\u003e, printed in Augsburg in 1476. When this version was published By the Dolmen Press in 1975 it was acclaimed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532925870353,"sku":"GOR004381948","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49661848813841,"sku":"GOR003129947","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53135819604241,"sku":"CIN085105384XVG","price":51.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/085105384X.jpg?v=1750818852","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/voyage-of-saint-brendan-book-jj-o-meara-9780851053844","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}