More on the Sources of Blickling Homily III
Robert Getz
A number of Latin sources and parallels have been found for Blickling Homily III, the first Sunday in Lent,1 beginning with Max Förster’s pioneering source study collection 1893. The second half homily, as Förster showed, relies largely on sixteenth Gregory’s homilies gospels, though several its sentences are derived from another source, discovered by Joseph B. Trahern Jr, one sermons Caesarius Arles.2 It was only 1988 that any were which consists an exposition literal sense day’s gospel reading, account temptations Christ desert Matthew 4.1–11, when Charles D. Wright demonstrated ultimate patristic origin sentences, pointed to six close other passages various manuscripts containing Hiberno-Latin scriptural commentaries. On basis this evidence he concluded author III had used a compilation, probably Irish origin, ‘patchwork sources’ evident part homily already assembled.3 is now possible add extant texts what known patchwork, refer most contents specific tradition commentary Matthew. model may also be recognized sentence belongs, digression exegetical, homilist independently compilation concerned
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