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The Book of Hours of the Armenian Church Zamagirk

English Translation, Contexts and Perspectives

Michael Daniel Findikyan

Catholic University of America Press, 2027

The Book of Hours of the Armenian Church (Žamagirk‘): English Translation, Contexts, and Perspectives offers the first critically grounded English rendering of one of the central liturgical books of the Armenian Christian tradition—and, as such, the first complete translation of this text into any language. Long central to the daily cycle of prayer, the Žamagirk‘ preserves a rich and layered inheritance reaching back to the formative centuries of Christian worship, even as it bears the marks of later historical development. Prepared by a leading scholar of Armenian liturgy, with broader expertise in eastern Christian liturgical traditions, the translation attends closely to the structure, language, and internal logic of the text. It is designed not only to make the Žamagirk‘ accessible to English-speaking readers, but also to reflect, as faithfully as possible, the texture and rhythm of the original, and will be of interest not only to scholars but also to those who wish to engage the text for devotional use. The translation is accompanied by an extensive analytical study that situates the work within its historical, theological, and liturgical contexts. Particular attention is given to the distinctive features of the Armenian Liturgy of the Hours: its organization of psalmody and hymnography, its unique combinations of biblical and poetic materials, and its preservation of elements that point to early Jerusalemite practice. At the same time, the study explores the ways in which the tradition has remained dynamic, incorporating new layers while retaining older forms in often surprising configurations. More than a reference work, this volume opens a window onto the spiritual world embodied in the Armenian daily office, a world marked by a striking interplay of solemnity and lyricism, scriptural depth and poetic imagination, penitential gravity and buoyant hope. It will be of interest to scholars and students of liturgy, historians of Christianity, and all readers seeking to encounter one of the great yet comparatively little-known traditions of Christian prayer.
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The Continental Model

Selected French Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century in English Translation

Scott Elledge and Donald Schier, Editors

University of Minnesota Press, 1960

The Continental Model was first published in 1960. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

The pervasive influence of seventeenth-century French criticism upon eighteenth-century English criticism makes it important for students of English and comparative literature to be familiar with the most important of the French works. Professors Elledge and Schier bring together here, in translation, some of the best examples of the French essays. They have chosen particularly works that are not otherwise available in translation.

Some of the translations are by contemporaries of the period. These are of works by d'Aubignac, Saint-Evremond, Huet, Rapin, Le Bossu, Bouhours, La Bruyere, and Fontenelle. Other selections have been translated by Professor Schier, and these include works of Chapelain, Sarasin, Scudery, Corneille, Bouhours, and Fontenelle.

The editors provide brief and pertinent comment on each writer and his place in literary history. They have also annotated the essays in order to save time for the reader who encounters references to other literatures not immediately clear to him. The volume as a whole provides a comprehensive and balanced selection of critical texts which were known to, used by, and significant in their influence upon writers such as Dryden, Dennis, Addison, Swift, Pope, and others.

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The Nicaraguan Constitution of 1987

English Translation and Commentary

Kenneth J. Mijeski

Ohio University Press, 1991

This volume of seven essays on the 1987 Nicaraguan constitution does not accept a priori the judgment that Latin American constitutions are as fragile as egg shells, easily broken and discarded if found to be inconvenient to the interests of the rulers. Rather, they are viewed as being central to understanding political life in contemporary Nicaragua.

The perspectives of the analysts and their conclusions are not consensual. They prohibit glib and facile general conclusions. Some find the constitution to be nothing more than a façade for arbitrary and capricious rule; others that the document reflects clear commitments to the democratic rule of law. Thus far the implementation of the constitution has resulted in the peaceful transition of power from the Sandinistas to the National Opposition Union.

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