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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture voir aussi toute l'exégèse autour du _thalamus_ qui signifie aussi bien le mariage mystique que le lit nuptial. Voir Aelred de Rievaulx, Sermo XXXII, in Corpus Christianorum CM, IIA, p. 259-279 et J. Boswell, _Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality_ (1980), p. 226, n. 57. db ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliana Corbari" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [M-R] mystical marriage > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear Meri > > You may find a poetical desciprition of the marital union of the soul > and Christ in bed, in one of Jacopone da Todi's (1236-1306) Laude. > It is found in Laud 71 of the English translation 'Lauds' by E. & S. > Hughes (1982), but it is a poor rendering. If you can read Italian, I > suggest either Franca Ageno's edition (1953); or Franco Mancini (1974), > where it is numbered 65. I strongly reccomend the Italian. > > hope this helps > > P.S. are you aware of another translation of Jacopone's Laude? > > > > --------------------------- > Eliana Corbari, > Theology & Religious Studies > [log in to unmask] > > > > >> >> I am working with the text of a German priest, Friedrich Sunder who >> describes his mystical marriage with baby-Jesus with the terms of >> bedding. According to him the mother of Jesus prepared a bed in >> which >> Jesus laid himself and then Mary united the soul with him. Sunder >> further describes the kissing and enjoyment of soul and Jesus and >> refers >> to the wedding feast in general. >> It seems that he utilises the marriage customs of German law that >> considered the bedding (concubitus) as an essential part of >> marriage. >> >> My question is, does any of you know further examples of bedding and >> mystical marriage. Are there other stories that would describe the >> union >> of soul and God with this type of at the same time 'legal and sexual >> terms'? >> >> Yours, >> >> Meri Heinonen >> Dept. of History >> University of Turku >> >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] >> To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] >> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >> to: [log in to unmask] >> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write >> to: >> [log in to unmask] >> For further information, visit our web site: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >> > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html