The Writings of St. Francis (Opuscula)

Name: The Writings of St. Francis (Opuscula)
Author: St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi

This book is in Portuguese.

The complete writings of St. Francis in Latin, in the critical edition of Kajetan Esser (1978), one chapter per piece: the Admonitions, the Earlier Rule (1221) and the Later Rule (1223), the Testament, the letters, the blessings, the Praises of God, the Office of the Passion and the rest. The Canticle of the Creatures (Canticum fratris Solis) and "Audite, poverelle" are in the original Umbrian Italian, each as its own chapter, and sit in the Latin folder of this book. Verse numbers are Esser's; the Scripture references in brackets are his apparatus. Doubtful pieces (letters to the Bolognese and the French friars, to Lady Jacoba, Clare's letter on fasting) are included and labelled as in the edition.

Source: Every piece of the Esser canon (38 sections on the page, the recensions of the letters counted separately), one chapter each (the long Admonitions, Rules and Office of the Passion keep their chapters and psalms as headings). Verse numbers appear as superscript numerals; the parenthetical Scripture references and Esser's sigla in square brackets are kept. The Canticle and Audite, poverelle are Esser's Umbrian text. Page furniture, the index and the sigla table were dropped. Not imported: the English of Paschal Robinson (1906), whose selection and grouping do not follow Esser's canon piece for piece.