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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 03/29/14, Jessica Boon wrote:
Greetings. I was wondering whether any of the following traditions ring a bell from primary texts: medieval narrative/mystery plays/religious poetry, etc. I'm looking for precedents to details from a series of Castilian sermons preached around 1510, but will happily take references from any country during the high to the late Middle Ages.
--Descriptions of the Annunciation that call Gabriel a "matchmaker" between Mary and the Trinity.
"matchmaker" and its equivalent in other languages are recognized translations of Latin _paranymphus_. Cf. (e.g.) "werber" here (Dasypodius' _Dictionarium Latinogermanicum_):
http://www.germanstudies.org.uk/enhg_dic/enhg_dicw.htm
and Gabriel as _paranymphus_ at the Annunciation is absolutely standard. Cf. (e.g.) in the paragraph at upper left here (beginning _Dicitur autem haec dies_) in William of Auvergne's _Sermones de tempore_ 43 (2d sermon on the feast of the Annunciation):
http://tinyurl.com/lww3oue
and in para. 6 of St. Bonaventure, _De dono fortitudinis. Collatio secunda_:
http://www.franciscan-archive.org/bonaventura/opera/collat6.html
and in the hymn _Paranymphus adiit_ (also _Paranymphus adiens_):
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/NonEnglish/paranymphus_adiit.htm
and in the sequence _Deum Jesu Christi patrem_, strophe 2:
http://tinyurl.com/l466c47
Best wishes,
John Dillon
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