Figure 13: William Staunton’s account of his visit to St Patrick’s Purgatory

Manuscripts

Dublin, Book of Armagh, TCD 52 (‘D’, 9th cent.)
Paris, BnF lat. 17626 (‘P’, 10th cent.)
London, BL Cotton Nero E.1 (‘C’, 10th/11th cent.)
Rouen, BM 1391 (‘R’, 11th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 221 (‘G’, 11th/12th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 223 (‘F’, 12th cent.)
Arras, BM 450 (‘V’, 12th cent.)
Oxford, Bodleian Rawlinson B 480 (‘O’, 17th cent.)

Figure 13: William Staunton’s account of his visit to St Patrick’s Purgatory

c. 1450:
William Staunton’s account of his visit to St Patrick’s Purgatory in 1409 (BL Royal MS 17 B.xliii, fol.132v). This shows the Saint’s alleged vision of the torments of hell.

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Figure 13: William Staunton’s account of his visit to St Patrick’s Purgatory