Instruction, devotion, meditation, sermon : a critical edition of selected English religious texts in Oxford, University College 97 with a codicological examination of some related manuscripts
<p>The thesis is comprised of an edition of thirteen Middle English religious texts found in the three earlier 'booklets' of Oxford, University College 97. The texts cover a range of genres including instructional, devotional, meditational and homiletic texts. Each text has been crit...
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| Language: | English English, Middle (1100-1500) |
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1995
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| Summary: | <p>The thesis is comprised of an edition of thirteen Middle English religious texts found in the three earlier 'booklets' of Oxford, University College 97. The texts cover a range of genres including instructional, devotional, meditational and homiletic texts. Each text has been critically edited withfull apparatus, including a textual analysis of the manuscripts edited.</p>
<p>The texts edited from the first booklet are: 'An Exposition on The Ten Commandments', 'The Seven Commandments of the New Testament', 'The Visitation of the Sick', and 'An Exposition on the Diliges Dominum Deum Tuum'. Texts from the second booklet edited are: 'A Treatise on the Two Ways by Sir John Clanvowe' and 'An Exposition on the Pater Noster in Short.' The remaining texts edited come from the third booklet: 'The Twelve Articles of the Faith', 'The Mirror of Sinners', 'A Meditation of the Five Wounds of Jesus Christ', 'A Good Meditation for One to say Alone', 'The Meditation of St Anselm', 'Of Three Arrows that shall be shot on Domesday', and finally, 'A Sermon by John Gregory, Austin Friar of Newport.'</p>
<p>The introductory chapter to the critical edition examines the availability of exemplars, the dissemination of texts via booklets, the personal tastes of the compiler and the utility of the texts, all factors which may have influenced the compiler/owner in his choice of texts for each booklet and for the entire manuscript. The first portion discusses the dissemination patterns for the texts based on the textual analyses from the critical edition and a codicological examination of the other manuscripts involved. The second portion examines the literary content and practical function of the texts, the thematic coherence of the texts within each booklet and within the three booklets as a whole.</p>
<p>The thesis also includes a detailed description of Oxford, University College 97, a selective catalogue from the 54 manuscripts collated and a glossary.</p> |
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