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Sorry, my references were wrong in the last mail.
The wedding scene has not been reproduced in any of the two publications, and is not no.58 but Tenshcert HORAE no.85. The subject, however, is described in both.
How wrong can it go when one writes from memory:-)
The depiction is part of a popular calendar sequence of 12 pictures called 'Age de l'homme' , where the picture for June is showing the wedding scene in front of a church porch.
A new version of these pictures was supplied by the printer Thielman Kerver, and first published by him in 1522.
In Copenhagen do we have a Kerver edition from 1526, and I was thinking about my own photos of the pictures.
I cannot refer to a picture in a recent publication. Sorry about that.
Best
Erik Drigsdahl
At 18:17 +0000 26/08/09, Steve Higham wrote:
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>In his book on The Civilising Process (1994), Elias remarks that on their wedding night the medieval bride would be undressed by her maids and mounted "in the presence of witnesses if the marriage was to be valid" (1994:146). He was referring to Germany and it is not clear which class of medieval bride he is referring to.
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>Was this common and does this crowded bedroom not undermine the role of the Church - or did the Church give its blessing?
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