Life of St. Francis of Assisi
common usage, but clearly present (i.e. no extra white space
after an abbreviation or full comma where a period seems to make
more sense), the scans have been replicated.
There were a number of incidences of missing closing quotation
marks, particularly for dialog or prayers. These have been
corrected without further comment.
Two lines missing from the translation of the prayer commonly
known as "The Canticle of All Creatures" (Chapter XVII) have been
added. The added text is shown in braces ({}).
'Analecta Fracniscana' in CRITICAL STUDY OF THE WORKS, Section IV,
Part III, Footnote 9 was changed to 'Analecta Franciscana'.
'Served by a poor priest who scarely' in Chapter IV was changed to
'Served by a poor priest who scarcely'.
In the original text, 'obediunt' was NOT italicized in the
following quotation: "Videmus primus ordinis fundatorem magestrum
cui tanquam summo Priori suo omnes alii obediunt." (CRITICAL
STUDY OF THE WORKS, Section III, Part V, Footnote 4). It is
italicized here.
Chapter XV, footnote 4 had no anchor marker in the original text.
The placement of this marker in this transcription is not confirmed.