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The only thing I know about this verse is that mirrors in Antiquity were of
silver, bronze or polished stone, and just a shadow would appear on such a
surface. Silver or quicksilver were used lately, not before the 13 th c. and
not in monasteries. The "enigmatice" perception of the man is for me a
personal experience of each day...
and the glossa ordinaria says
12 Nunc.. Imágines veritátis per fidem vidéntur. Tunc autem fácie ad
faciem.. Id est res ipsae maniféste videbúntur. Tunc cognoscam.. Id est
vidébo promíssa, sicut ipse est,. hoc est praeséntem ad Deum esse, ubi
Christus est. Vel sicut pr?scitus sum cognóscere quod modo est secrétum,
Speculum.. Est ánima: spéculum vi cujus áliquo modo Deum nóscimus, sed
obscúre. Aenigma.. Est autem aenígma non omnis, sed obscúra allegória. Unde
sicut per spéculum significávit imáginem, ita nómine aenígmatis
similitúdinem quamvis, sed obscúram et ad percipiéndum diffícilem
intélligit.
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N'en sai plus dire
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Denis Hüe,
responsable du Master Lettres Langues Communication
Centre d'Etude des Textes Médiévaux, (CETM-CELAM)
Université de Haute Bretagne
http://www.uhb.fr/alc/medieval
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From: "cecilia gaposchkin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:10 PM
Subject: [M-R] 1 Cor 13.12 ("through a glass darkly") and Monastic
Spirituality
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear all,
>
> An echo of 1Corinthians 13.12 --"videmus nunc per speculum in enigmatice
> tunc autem facie ad faciem" -- appears in a monastic liturgical office I'm
> working on. It pops up in a hymn that juxtaposes the prison of the flesh
> to the glory of salvation.
>
> The line is famous one -- "for now we see through a glass darkly". My
> instinct tells me that it may well have a venerable tradition within a
> monastic context, and in particular as part of monastic contemplative
> theology/spirituality.
>
> I would love it if someone could confirm this for me, and perhaps point to
> where I might dig for this. Particularly among Cistercians.
>
> Wtih many thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Cecilia
>
>
> M.C.Gaposchkin, Ph.D.
> History, Dartmouth College
>
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