MS Ege 4: A Preacher's Companion
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2021-06-10
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Masters
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This thesis discusses the purpose and function of a thirteenth-century dismembered manuscript, which I have labelled MS Ege 4. MS Ege 4 is one of the many manuscripts that the infamous biblioclast Otto Ege dismembered for his manuscript portfolios. One of its leaves resides at the University of Saskatchewan as a part of Otto Ege’s manuscript portfolio Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. This manuscript contains a unique compilation of commentaries on the Psalms by Philip the Chancellor and John Halgren of Abbeville and an alphabetical index. A careful analysis of MS Ege 4’s text, textual features, physical features, and research tools (medieval information technologies), which was made possible by means of a virtual reconstruction of this manuscript using available fragments, suggests that this manuscript was a preacher’s handbook. It was used by a preacher to compose sermons using Philip the Chancellor’s commentaries on the Psalter as a preaching aid via the alphabetical index. This study highlights not only the widespread use of Philip’s commentaries on the Psalter as a preaching aid, but it also addresses the role of individual preachers in the creation and dissemination of preaching aids alongside the professional reference tool makers.
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MS Ege 4, manuscripts, manuscript studies, fragmentology, sermon studies, preaching, preachers, Otto Ege, reference tools, research tools, preaching aids, biblical commentaries, Philip the Chancellor, John Halgren of Abbeville, Otto Ege's Fifty Original Leaves Portfolios
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Master of Arts (M.A.)
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History
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History