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Dilectissimi sapientes
as a symbol of the immaculate virgin, I find the comparison with a bird
which is born from rotten wood floating on the sea: it has neither the
taste of rot nor the salt of the sea --> purity of the Virgin, though
she was conceived by "natural" ways. The bird, in my french poetry, is
name sap or sapinette (?)
En boys pourry on voyt ung corps former
Qui prend esprit de vie et nourriture
En survolant les undes de la mer
Qu'on peut de sap sapinette nommer
Qui purement est de viel boys issue
Has anyone met this bird ? It is not in any medieval encyclopaedia I consulted (Vincent of Beauvais, Bart. anglicus, Alex. Neckham, etc.) and I didn't find it in Pliny.
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n'en sai plus dire.
Denis Hüe, professeur à l'Université de Rennes 2
Visitez le site des médiévistes de Rennes 2 ! http://www.uhb.fr/alc/medieval
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