Avalon

Avalon According to a seventeenth century biographer, Lord Baltimore, a devout Catholic, 'obtained a charter for. [his] colony under the name of the province of Avalon, so called in imitation of old Avalon in Somersetshire, where Glastonbury stands, the first-fruits of Christianity in Britain,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3158
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/3158 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 Avalon 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3158 eng eng A 1971 SEARY Avalon Place Names 63 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14243 A_14243_Avalon http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3158 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z Avalon According to a seventeenth century biographer, Lord Baltimore, a devout Catholic, 'obtained a charter for. [his] colony under the name of the province of Avalon, so called in imitation of old Avalon in Somersetshire, where Glastonbury stands, the first-fruits of Christianity in Britain, as the other was in that part of America,' the allusion being to the foundation of the abbey of Glastonbury by Joseph of Arimathea, the leader of a group of disciples sent by St. Philip to convert the British. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 76 Not Used Not Used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 09 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Avalon
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Avalon According to a seventeenth century biographer, Lord Baltimore, a devout Catholic, 'obtained a charter for. [his] colony under the name of the province of Avalon, so called in imitation of old Avalon in Somersetshire, where Glastonbury stands, the first-fruits of Christianity in Britain, as the other was in that part of America,' the allusion being to the foundation of the abbey of Glastonbury by Joseph of Arimathea, the leader of a group of disciples sent by St. Philip to convert the British. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 76 Not Used Not Used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 09 Jun 2016
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title Avalon
title_short Avalon
title_full Avalon
title_fullStr Avalon
title_full_unstemmed Avalon
title_sort avalon
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3158
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation A
1971 SEARY Avalon Place Names 63
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14243
A_14243_Avalon
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