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Yes, but, er, mature consideration has suggested that it might not be optimal for females...
In any case, the Pearl Maiden is described as "faunt", "girl", "damsel" and "maiden".
John Briggs
---- Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Um ... I thought it was 33 because that was Christ's age at his resurrection ... or have I missed the point?
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> This does bring up an interesting question. Elderly or not, I at some point also learned the number
> 33 - but it now occurs to me that this might have been only for males, and that females
> might be considered to have reached perfection a bit younger.
> Meg
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> ---- Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > In any case, I presume even our medieval people didn't think dead children would be resurrected at age 33! ... (though nothing would suprise me...)
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> > This is EXACTLY the point made in "Pearl"! The Father encounters in a dream /vision his daughter who died as a child but the woman in his vision is an adult. He comments on this and the woman tells him, yes, it is so; she is his daughter.
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> > Still looking for the text!
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> Presumably a young adult, rather than age 33 (which was quite elderly in those days!)
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> The text is maddenly elliptical - he says 'more closely related to me than aunt or niece'. To me that suggests "sister" rather than "daughter".
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> John Briggs
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