Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial conventions
- Notes on the text
- Sigla
- List of abbreviations
- Prolegomena
- Part I The Collections
- 1 Overview
- 2 John Sheppey (SH)
- 3 Richard FitzRalph (FI)
- 4 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Auct. F. infra 1.2 (F)
- 5 John Waldeby (WA)
- 6 Thomas Brinton (BR)
- 7 Philip Repingdon (RE)
- 8 John Felton
- 9 Mirk's Festial
- 10 Robert Rypon (RY)
- 11 Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 199 (P1)
- 12 Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 257 (P2)
- 13 Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Ms 356/583 (C)
- 14 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 649 (O)
- 15 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 706 (R)
- 16 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 200 (L)
- 17 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lat. th. d. 1 (Q)
- 18 John Dygon (DY)
- 19 Oxford, Magdalen College, MS 96 (CO)
- 20 Oxford, Balliol College, MS 149 (S)
- 21 Henry Chambron
- 22 Toulouse, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 342 (D)
- 23 Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.4.24 (B)
- 24 Cambridge, Jesus College, MS 13 (J)
- 25 Worcester, Cathedral Library, MS F.126 (X)
- 26 Worcester, Cathedral Library, MS F.10 (W)
- 27 Hereford, Cathedral Library, MS O.iii.5 (E)
- 28 Oxford, Trinity College, MS 42 (V)
- 29 Richard Alkerton
- 30 Thomas Wimbledon, “Redde rationem”
- 31 Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.3.8 (A)
- 32 Arras, Bibliothèque de la Ville, MS 184 (254) (Z)
- 33 London, St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 8 (Y)
- 34 London, British Library, MS Harley 331 (H)
- 35 Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS Latin 367 (M)
- 36 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barlow 24 (N)
- 37 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 392 (K)
- 38 On the margins
- Part II Occasions of Preaching
- Part III Orthodox Preaching
- Final reflections
- Inventories
- Works cited
- Index
8 - John Felton
from Part I - The Collections
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial conventions
- Notes on the text
- Sigla
- List of abbreviations
- Prolegomena
- Part I The Collections
- 1 Overview
- 2 John Sheppey (SH)
- 3 Richard FitzRalph (FI)
- 4 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Auct. F. infra 1.2 (F)
- 5 John Waldeby (WA)
- 6 Thomas Brinton (BR)
- 7 Philip Repingdon (RE)
- 8 John Felton
- 9 Mirk's Festial
- 10 Robert Rypon (RY)
- 11 Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 199 (P1)
- 12 Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 257 (P2)
- 13 Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Ms 356/583 (C)
- 14 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 649 (O)
- 15 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 706 (R)
- 16 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 200 (L)
- 17 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lat. th. d. 1 (Q)
- 18 John Dygon (DY)
- 19 Oxford, Magdalen College, MS 96 (CO)
- 20 Oxford, Balliol College, MS 149 (S)
- 21 Henry Chambron
- 22 Toulouse, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 342 (D)
- 23 Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.4.24 (B)
- 24 Cambridge, Jesus College, MS 13 (J)
- 25 Worcester, Cathedral Library, MS F.126 (X)
- 26 Worcester, Cathedral Library, MS F.10 (W)
- 27 Hereford, Cathedral Library, MS O.iii.5 (E)
- 28 Oxford, Trinity College, MS 42 (V)
- 29 Richard Alkerton
- 30 Thomas Wimbledon, “Redde rationem”
- 31 Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.3.8 (A)
- 32 Arras, Bibliothèque de la Ville, MS 184 (254) (Z)
- 33 London, St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 8 (Y)
- 34 London, British Library, MS Harley 331 (H)
- 35 Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS Latin 367 (M)
- 36 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barlow 24 (N)
- 37 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 392 (K)
- 38 On the margins
- Part II Occasions of Preaching
- Part III Orthodox Preaching
- Final reflections
- Inventories
- Works cited
- Index
Summary
Though writing at least a generation later than Repingdon, Felton produced a sermon collection that can profitably be compared with Repingdon's: it, too, is a temporal cycle and relies heavily on earlier works of the kind, but in contrast to Repingdon's its individual pieces are built very much like actual sermons.
John Felton was vicar of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Oxford from 1397 to 1434. He evidently did not finish his university education, yet among his contemporaries and later he enjoyed the reputation of a great preacher and even of sanctity. In the short and conventional prologue to his sermon collection, which was finished in 1431, he tells us that he made a compilation of sermons based on the Sunday gospels through the year, and that he did so “from the morsels I have gathered that fell from the tables of my lords, namely, Januensis, Parisiensis, Lugdunensis, Odo, and others.” The result is a cycle of fifty-eight sermons following the regular sequence of the Church year and covering all Sundays as well as the feast of the Holy Innocents. For three Sundays, 4 Advent, Easter, and 5 Trinity, Felton furnished two sermons each. The second sermon for 4 Advent and that for Holy Innocents take their themata from the epistle reading of the day, but the other sermons are all based on the respective gospel lections.
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- Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval EnglandOrthodox Preaching in the Age of Wyclif, pp. 54 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005