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cxvi Chapter X.— Theological Sources of the Speculum.
To Augustine1 is to be ascribed the comparison embodied in
the Latin texts following verse 664 of the Speculum, Sermones,
vol. iii. p. 353, fol. 654, also employed by Gregory :
Qui sine humilitate uirtutes ceteras congregat, est quasi, qui in
vento puluerem portat (see edition of Migne).
Augustine’s discourses in common with others of the age expound
Biblical passages subject to the exegesis of the theologian of the
Speculum and of English priests of associated literature. Of. for
instance Sermones 297, 302, 303, 304, etc., in connection with
chapters x, v, i and vii.
2. Biblical Sources.
Under the fanciful exaltation, the decorative incidents of the
Guy saga is to be discovered a solid texture of Biblical passages
so skilfully interwoven, that at first their presence is not to be
imagined. Some of them are as follows :
Lines 143—147, Psal. xxxiv. 14; xxxvii. 27; Is. i. 16, 17;
Amos v. 15; Rom. xii. 9; 1 Pet. iii. 11. 11. 148—160, 1 Cor. iii.
19. 11. 201—204, Heir. xi. 6. 1. 204, James ii. 19. 11. 223 ff.,
Gen. iii. 6 ff. 11. 215—220, Gen. iii. 22. 1. 238, Gen. iii. 19. 11.
255, 256, Matt. xx. 23; 326, 1 Cor. xiii. 13. 11. 329—334, Luke x.
27. 11. 329, 330, Matt. xxii. 37 ; Mark xii. 31. 1. 334, Matt. xix.
19; xxii. 39. 11. 346, 352, Gen. xviii. 2, 3. 11. 355, 360, Ex. xix.
18, 20. 11. 393—397,1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1. 412, ff., Matt. v. 8. 11. 461—
465, James ii. 20, 22, 24, 26. 1. 518, Matt. n. 9. 1. 539 ff., Zech.
vii. 9; Rom. ii. 1. 11. 543, 545, James ii. 13; Matt. v. 7. 11. 535
—542, Mark xi. 25; Col. iii. 13. 1. 535, Eccles, xxviii. 2—4. 11.
549, 550, Matt. vii. 1, 2; Luke vi. 37. 11. 555—557, Matt. vi. 14.
1 Augustine’s sermons preserve other passages suggestive of the Speculum:
‘ ‘ Fade, et affer me pusilhm- ut manducem " ; “ morituram, se dicit, cum, consum-
maverit, quod remansit” , . . “cum suis filiis moritura . . etc. “Benedixit
. . . Elias . . . hydriam. . . farince et capsacem olei,” etc. Traces of the Fulgata
are to be noted in the account preserved by the Speculum:
v. 10: “ Cicmque venisset ad portam, . . . apparuit ci . . . vidua . . ., vocauit
earn, dixitque ei: ‘ Da mihi paiclulum aquce in vase vt bibam.”’
v. 11: “ Cumqu,e ilia pergeret vt afferret, clamauit. . . dicens: ‘ Affer mihi
. . . buccellam panis . . v. 12 ‘. non habeo panem, nisi quantum
pugillus farinoe ...<£• pauilulum olei in lecytho . . . faciam ilium mihi tfc filio
meo . . . moriamur.' ” v. 13 : “ ‘mihi primum fac . . . tibi. . . p/ostea . . .’”
v. 16: “ farina non defecit, & lecythus olei non est imminutus . . .” See Fulgata
of MDCLXXXVIII. Liber 111., Regum verses 10—16.
The same theme is employed by Gregory, Hom. in Ezechielem, Lib. I Hom.
IV. Tom. II. col. 808, but marks no resemblance with the version of the
present poem.
To Augustine1 is to be ascribed the comparison embodied in
the Latin texts following verse 664 of the Speculum, Sermones,
vol. iii. p. 353, fol. 654, also employed by Gregory :
Qui sine humilitate uirtutes ceteras congregat, est quasi, qui in
vento puluerem portat (see edition of Migne).
Augustine’s discourses in common with others of the age expound
Biblical passages subject to the exegesis of the theologian of the
Speculum and of English priests of associated literature. Of. for
instance Sermones 297, 302, 303, 304, etc., in connection with
chapters x, v, i and vii.
2. Biblical Sources.
Under the fanciful exaltation, the decorative incidents of the
Guy saga is to be discovered a solid texture of Biblical passages
so skilfully interwoven, that at first their presence is not to be
imagined. Some of them are as follows :
Lines 143—147, Psal. xxxiv. 14; xxxvii. 27; Is. i. 16, 17;
Amos v. 15; Rom. xii. 9; 1 Pet. iii. 11. 11. 148—160, 1 Cor. iii.
19. 11. 201—204, Heir. xi. 6. 1. 204, James ii. 19. 11. 223 ff.,
Gen. iii. 6 ff. 11. 215—220, Gen. iii. 22. 1. 238, Gen. iii. 19. 11.
255, 256, Matt. xx. 23; 326, 1 Cor. xiii. 13. 11. 329—334, Luke x.
27. 11. 329, 330, Matt. xxii. 37 ; Mark xii. 31. 1. 334, Matt. xix.
19; xxii. 39. 11. 346, 352, Gen. xviii. 2, 3. 11. 355, 360, Ex. xix.
18, 20. 11. 393—397,1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1. 412, ff., Matt. v. 8. 11. 461—
465, James ii. 20, 22, 24, 26. 1. 518, Matt. n. 9. 1. 539 ff., Zech.
vii. 9; Rom. ii. 1. 11. 543, 545, James ii. 13; Matt. v. 7. 11. 535
—542, Mark xi. 25; Col. iii. 13. 1. 535, Eccles, xxviii. 2—4. 11.
549, 550, Matt. vii. 1, 2; Luke vi. 37. 11. 555—557, Matt. vi. 14.
1 Augustine’s sermons preserve other passages suggestive of the Speculum:
‘ ‘ Fade, et affer me pusilhm- ut manducem " ; “ morituram, se dicit, cum, consum-
maverit, quod remansit” , . . “cum suis filiis moritura . . etc. “Benedixit
. . . Elias . . . hydriam. . . farince et capsacem olei,” etc. Traces of the Fulgata
are to be noted in the account preserved by the Speculum:
v. 10: “ Cicmque venisset ad portam, . . . apparuit ci . . . vidua . . ., vocauit
earn, dixitque ei: ‘ Da mihi paiclulum aquce in vase vt bibam.”’
v. 11: “ Cumqu,e ilia pergeret vt afferret, clamauit. . . dicens: ‘ Affer mihi
. . . buccellam panis . . v. 12 ‘. non habeo panem, nisi quantum
pugillus farinoe ...<£• pauilulum olei in lecytho . . . faciam ilium mihi tfc filio
meo . . . moriamur.' ” v. 13 : “ ‘mihi primum fac . . . tibi. . . p/ostea . . .’”
v. 16: “ farina non defecit, & lecythus olei non est imminutus . . .” See Fulgata
of MDCLXXXVIII. Liber 111., Regum verses 10—16.
The same theme is employed by Gregory, Hom. in Ezechielem, Lib. I Hom.
IV. Tom. II. col. 808, but marks no resemblance with the version of the
present poem.