Constructing the Medieval Sermon

352 Pages·2008·3.15 MB·English

by  Roger Andersson

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CONSTRUCTING
THE MEDIEVAL SERMON
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SERMO: STUDIES ON PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND
REFORMATION SERMONS AND PREACHING
Editors
Dr Roger Andersson Riksarkivet (National Archives), Stockholm
Prof. Dr Hans-Jochen Schiewer Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg
Editorial Board
Dr Jussi Hanska Tamperen Yliopisto (University of Tampere)
Prof. Dr Thom Mertens Universiteit Antwerpen
Dr Veronica O’Mara University of Hull
Dr Riccardo Quinto Università degli Studi di Padova
Previously published volumes in this series are listed at the back of this book.
VOLUME 6
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CONSTRUCTING
THE MEDIEVAL SERMON
Edited by
Roger Andersson
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Constructing the medieval sermon. - (SERMO : studies on patristic,
medieval, and Reformation sermons and preaching ; v. 6)
1. Catholic Church - Sermons - History and criticism -
Congresses 2. Preaching - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 -
Congresses 3. Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 -
Congresses
I. Andersson, Roger
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ISBN-13: 9782503525891

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ISBN: 978-2-503-52589-1
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Note to the Reader ix
List of Abbreviations xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Introduction 1
ROGER ANDERSSON
Between artes praedicandi and Actual Sermons: 9
Robert of Basevorn’s Forma praedicandi and the
Sermons of John Waldeby, OESA
YUICHI AKAE
Peter the Chanter and the ‘Miscellanea del Codice del Tesoro’ 33
(Etymology as a Way for Constructing a Sermon)
RICCARDO QUINTO
Did Giordano da Pisa Use the Distinctiones 83
of Nicolas Gorran?
SILVIA SERVENTI
The Use of Model Sermons at Vadstena: A Case Study 117
MONICA HEDLUND
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Editing the Sermones moralissimi de tempore 165
by Nicolaus de Aquaevilla
EVA ODELMAN
Constructing Preacher and Audience in Old English Homilies 177
MARY SWAN
Language Difficulties in Some Medieval Vernacular 189
Scandinavian Sermons
JONATHAN ADAMS
Preaching for Members of the University in Latin, 207
for Parishioners in French: Jean Gerson (1363–1429)
on ‘Blessed are they that mourn’
CHRISTOPH BURGER
On the Use of Mnemonic Schemes in Sermon Composition: 221
The Old Norwegian Homily Book
KIRSTEN M. BERG
Uidens Iesus ciuitatem fleuit super illam: The Lachrymae 237
Christi Topos in Thirteenth-Century Sermon Literature
JUSSI HANSKA
The Sermons of Johannes Brugman OFM (†1473): 253
Preservation and Form
THOM MERTENS
The Writing Sisters of Jericho: Authors or Copyists? 275
PATRICIA STOOP
Die ‘Postilla Evangeliorum’ des Johannes de Sancto Laurentio 309
ANETTE LÖFFLER
Index of Manuscripts 325
Index of Names 327
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As editor of this volume I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to all those
who in various respects have been involved in the publication process.
Lennart Karlsson, representing the Museum of National Antiquities in
Stockholm, kindly supplied the image for the front cover. Simon Forde at
Brepols and copy editor Heather M. Padgen have always been very helpful and
willing to give professional advice in different matters. The manuscript has been
read, partly or wholly, by Hans-Jochen Schiewer and Veronica O’Mara and I am
grateful for all their competent suggestions. The book is the result of a
conference held in Stockholm in 2004, and I thank the Swedish Research
Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for generous funding.
—Roger Andersson
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NOTE TO THE READER
Quotations in medieval vernaculars are always translated, as are most Latin
quotations; the main exception to this is in lengthy articles where substantial
Latin texts are compared.
Unless otherwise indicated, biblical translations conform with The Holy
Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Baltimore: John Murphy, 1899), as available at the
Web site Douay-Rheims Bible Online (http://www.drbo.org).
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