Henry Totting of Oyta: Three Sermons of a Late Medieval Intellectual

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Names: Oyta, Heinrich Totting von, -1397, author. | Odstrčilík, Jan, 1985- editor, writer of supplementary textual content. | Battista, Francesca, editor, writer of supplementary textual content. | Burgazzi, Riccardo, 1988- editor, writer of supplementary textual content. | Oyta, Heinrich Totting von, -1397. De passione Domini. | Oyta, Heinrich Totting von, -1397. De assumpcione Beate Virginis Marie. | Oyta, Heinrich Totting von, -1397. De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste.

Title: Henry Totting of Oyta : three sermons of a late medieval intellectual : De passione Domini : De assumpcione Beate Virginis Marie : De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste / Jan Odstrčilík, Riccardo Burgazzi, Francesca Battista.

Description: Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang GmbH, 2016. | Introductory essays in English; text of sermons in Latin. | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016014689| ISBN 9783631669938 (print) | ISBN 9783653061383 (e-Book)

Subjects: LCSH: Catholic Church–Sermons. | Sermons, Latin. | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint–Assumption–Early works to 1800. | Jesus Christ–Passion–Early works to 1800. | John, the Baptist, Saint–Early works to 1800. | Contemplation–Early works to 1800. | Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Classification: LCC BX891.3 .O98 2016 | DDC 252/.02–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016014689

The research leading to these studies was supported through the funds of the Specific Higher Education Research for the years 2013–2014 within the project “Works of Henry Totting of Oyta preserved in the Bohemical Manuscript collection from Corpus Christi College Library in Cambridge: Their analysis and partial edition” carried out at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. The publication of the book was supported through the project “University Centre of Excellence for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought" at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague).

This book was reviewed by PhDr. Jana Zachová and Farkas Gábor Kiss, PhD.

Cover image: Detail from fol. 136r, ms. 524 from the Corpus Christi College Library in Cambridge.

By kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-06138-3

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About the author

Jan Odstrčilík studied Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). He researches late medieval preaching, and medieval Latin treatises on the art of studying.

Riccardo Burgazzi studied Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). He focuses on late medieval Apocrypha.

Francesca Battista studied History and Literature at G. d’Annunzio University (Chieti-Pescara) and Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). She specializes in the field of medieval letters, ars dictaminis and female voice in medieval literature.

About the book

The book presents Henry Totting of Oyta (d. 1397), a late medieval intellectual who was active in Erfurt, Prague, Paris, and Vienna. In spite of the fact that he is a well-known figure, the majority of his works remain unedited in manuscripts. The authors analyse and provide the first editions of three of his sermons: On the Passion, On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and On the Nativity of John the Baptist. Totting wrote each of them at a different point in his career, for a different audience and in a different style. They contribute to our knowledge about late medieval devotion and illustrate the transformation of late medieval intellectual life in Central Europe.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Lucie Doležalová

Late Medieval Religious Literature (Introduction)

Jan Odstrčilík

Life and Works of Henry Totting of Oyta

Riccardo Burgazzi

Meditating on the Passion: The Sermon Erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te (Deut 28,66)

I. Study

1. Manuscript transmission

2. Structure and contents

3. Henry Totting of Oyta and John of Zazenhausen