The Northern Homily Cycle
Edited by Anne B. Thompson
Paperback (Published)
(May 2008)
ISBN: 9781580441261
7.01 x 10 inches
Price: $24.95
In stock
Probably composed from 1295–1306 by an unnamed Augustinian canon, the Northern Homily Cycle is one of the earliest sermon cycles written in the vernacular to help lay parishioners make sense of the Latin Gospel readings that accompanied every Sunday mass. Each sermon begins with a Latin rubric from the Gospel lesson and a Middle English paraphrase, followed by a related homily (or lesson) drawn from patristic exegesis, and an illustrative exemplum—with all the English versified in rhyme. Recurring themes include pity for the poor, anger at economic inequality, and condemnation of corrupt clergy. The cycle’s textual sources, twenty surviving manuscripts in three distinct recensions, attests to its enduring popularity. This volume presents selections from the first recension, edited from two of the earliest manuscripts whose Yorkshire dialect approximates the original text’s northern language. Anne Thompson’s introduction and notes provide historical context, an overview of the liturgical calendar, and sources for individual sermons.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Northern Homily Cycle
Prologue
Ratio
1. First Sunday in Advent
2. Second Sunday in Advent
3. Third Sunday in Advent
4. Fourth Sunday in Advent
6. First Sunday after the Nativity
11. Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
12. Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
13. Purification
14. Septuagesima Sunday
15. Sexagesima Sunday
16. Quinquagesima Sunday
18. Second Sunday in Lent
19. Annunciation
20. Third Sunday in Lent
25. Easter Monday
32. First Sunday after the Ascension
33. Pentecost
46. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
49. Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
52. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
54. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
56. Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
59. Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
- Edited by Anne B. Thompson
Other Titles in this Series
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
Christine de Pizan’s Advice for Princes in Middle English Translation
Stephen Scrope’s "The Epistle of Othea" and the Anonymous "Lytle Bibell of Knyghthod"
The Assembly of Gods
Le Assemble de Dyeus, or Banquet of Gods and Goddesses, with the Discourse of Reason and Sensuality
Similar Books
A Collaborative Tapestry in Honour of Shirley Ann Brown / Une fresque brodée en l’honneur de Shirley Ann Brown
The Bayeux Tapestry Seen by her Colleagues and Friends / La Tapisserie de Bayeux vue par ses collègues et amis
Behind the Scenes of Medieval Roofs
An Overview of the Roofing Systems of Italian Churches
Volume 90
Innovation and Medieval Communities
The Circulation of Ideas and Practices in and out of the Town (1200-1500)
Volume 63
John Dunstaple Reading Boethius
John Dunstaple’s Annotations to Boethius’s “De institutione musica” in the Manuscript Oxford, Corpus Christi College Library, MS 118
Linguistic and Cultural Dynamics in a Frontier Society
New Perspectives on Northeastern Bavaria and Western Bohemia in the Early Middle Ages
Volume 9
Medieval Debates on Foreknowledge: Future Contingents, Prophecy, and Divination
Acts of the XXVII Annual Colloquium of the SIEPM, Trento 12-15 September 2023
Volume 31
Medieval Yeghegis, Armenia
History, Archaeology, Society. Local Multiplicities and Global Connections of a Rural Centre on the Silk Road(s)
Power and Women in Southeast and Central Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Period (1300-1600)
Volume 10
The Anglo-Norman Bible’s Books of Kings, a Critical Edition
(BL Royal 1 C III, fols 234r-274v)
Volume 37
The Embodied Court in the Premodern World
Understanding the Physicality, Performativity and Lifecycle of Bodies at Court in Europe and Beyond, 1400-1800
Volume 4
