Private Revelation and Public Relevance in the Middle Dutch Sermon Cycle Jhesus Collacien

Author: Mertens, Thom

Source: Medieval Sermon Studies, Volume 53 , pp. 33-42(10)

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Abstract:

The Jhesus collacien ('Sermons of Jesus') — also called the Lelienstock ('Branch of lilies') — is a cycle of seventy-two Middle Dutch sermons, delivered by Jesus and the Holy Ghost. The sermons are revealed to a sister, a tertiary of St Francis, during Lent, and from day twenty-one there are two a day: one by Jesus in the morning, one by the Holy Ghost in the afternoon. The sermons are very short and consist of a narrative frame introducing the visionary revelation of the actual sermon, which is cited in direct speech. The cycle was probably written in the second half of the fifteenth century and was transmitted in twelve manuscripts, with another twenty-three manuscripts containing excerpts. The sermons contain an abundance of allegorical objects and seem to have been written for a specific, eclectic form of reading/listening which was practised among the adherents of the Devotio moderna.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/136606909X12458556541211

Affiliations: University of Antwerp, Belgium

Publication date: 2009-10-01

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