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Cox Manuscript 39: A Rare Survival of Sermons Preached at Syon Abbey?

The article explores the volume of sermons composed by Gregory Stevens Cox and preached at the Syon Abbey in Middlesex, England, and suggests as to why the Syon corpus of preaching sermons seems to have inexplicably vanished. The Cox Manuscript 39 is composed of 13 sermons. It says that the evidence...

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Published in:Medieval Sermon Studies Vol. 52; pp. 42 - 63
Main Author: Powell, Susan
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008
Subjects:
Sermon (Literary form)
Preaching
Cox, Gregory Stevens
Clergy
Manuscripts
Middlesex (England)
England
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Summary:The article explores the volume of sermons composed by Gregory Stevens Cox and preached at the Syon Abbey in Middlesex, England, and suggests as to why the Syon corpus of preaching sermons seems to have inexplicably vanished. The Cox Manuscript 39 is composed of 13 sermons. It says that the evidence that the sermon was preached at Syon Abbey is not conclusive, however, the use of the manuscript as a model sermon collection would be linked with the preaching duties of the Syon brothers.