- ^ Blomefield wrote that Julian was still alive in the year "Anno Domini mccccxlii",[6] whereas MS 37790 (the Short Text manuscript) reads "anno domini millesimo ccccxiii".[7] The author Grace Jantzen highlighted this thirty-year difference between the two dates, also noting that the existence of several different women of that name in Norwich became a source of confusion for historians, and that Blomefield was most likely referring to another woman of that name.[8] Note also that to change "mccccxiii" (1413) to "mccccxlii" (1442) requires only one misread or miscopied character.
- ^ The usual title of Julian of Norwich's work, Revelations of Divine Love, originated from the title provided by Cressy in 1670. That title and all subsequent ones (e.g., Harford Comfortable words for Christ's lovers (1911); Colledge & Walsh A Book of Showings to the Anchoress Julian of Norwich (1978); Crampton The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (1993)), are editorial choices.[16]
- ^ The surviving manuscript of the Short Text contains twenty-five chapters and is about 11,000 words long. It is now kept in the British Library.[81]
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