The Grammar of Good Friday: Macaronic Sermons of Late Medieval England PDF
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The Grammar of Good Friday SERMO: STUDIES ON PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND REFORMATION SERMONS AND PREACHING Editor Roger Andersson Stockholm University Editorial Board Jussi Hanska Tamperen Yliopisto (University of Tampere) Riccardo Quinto Università degli Studi di Padova Veronica O’Mara University of Hull Thom Mertens Universiteit Antwerpen Regina D. Schiewer Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Previously published volumes in this series are listed at the back of this book. Volume 8 The Grammar of Good Friday Macaronic Sermons of Late Medieval England by Holly Johnson British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Johnson, Holly. The grammar of Good Friday : macaronic sermons of late medieval England. -- (Sermo ; v. 8) 1. Good Friday sermons--England--History and criticism. 2. Preaching--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500. 3. Sermons, Medieval--England--History and criticism. 4. Sermons, English (Middle)--History and criticism. 5. Sermons, Latin--England--History and criticism. 6. Macaronic literature--History and criticism. I. Title II. Series 251'.00942'09023-dc23 ISBN-13: 9782503533391 © 2012, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. D/2012/0095/154 ISBN: 978-2-503-53339-1 Printed on acid-free paper For Tim Contents Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations of Biblical Books xi Selected Macaronic Good Friday Sermons xiii Introduction xv Part 1. Preaching on Good Friday Chapter 1. Good Friday: Liturgical and Homiletic Contexts 3 Chapter 2. Preaching the Passion in Late Medieval England 45 Part 2. Sermons for Good Friday General Editorial Principles 139 Chapter 3. Dilexit nos et lauit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo 141 Chapter 4. Christus passus est pro nobis 241 Chapter 5. Quare rubrum est indumentum tuum 343 Chapter 6. Ve michi mater mea 375 Chapter 7. Agnus qui in medio troni est reget eos 405 Bibliography 451 Index of Biblical Quotations 465 General Index 471 Acknowledgements I am greatly indebted to many people who have given me support, encourage- ment, and guidance throughout my work on this book. I would especially like to thank Professor Siegfried Wenzel, who offered me this fascinating project, patiently corrected my transcriptions in the early stages, led me to sourc- es I might never have found, and took a genuine interest in my progress. He introduced me to the world of medieval preaching which promises so much rich, uncharted territory. I am also grateful to Professor Joseph Wittig for his careful reading of this book when it was in the dissertation stage and his suggestions for revisions. Drs John Black and Thomas Anderson gave me substantial feedback at different stages of this project. A National Endowment for the Humanities seminar conducted by Richard Newhauser in Cambridge, England, fostered my thinking on many aspects of Good Friday preaching and gave me further access to manuscripts and resources. I would like to thank my department head, Dr Richard Raymond, who helped secure funds for research. An award from the J.W. Criss Fund sponsored by Mississippi State University allowed me to travel to England to visit several libraries. I am grateful to the librarians and staff who made available to me the manuscripts in which these sermons appear, especially the staff at Balliol College, Oxford; the Bodleian Library; Christ Church College, Oxford; Jesus College, Cambridge; the Lambeth Palace Library, London; and the Worcester Cathedral Library. I am also grateful to the two anonymous read- ers for their excellent suggestions and corrections, and especially to Dr Roger Andersson for his expertise and careful reading of the volume at various stages. I thank my mother and father for their love and support. And for his love, en- couragement, and incisive reading of everything I write, I thank my husband Tim Johnson, to whom I dedicate this book, who knows more about medieval sermons than any physicist should.
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