medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture For the few, who read Middle-High-German, a nice poem of Friedrich von Sonnenburg (2nd half of 13.): Sich, gotes tohter, wiltu mich niht mieten, küniginne, so sage ich, waz ein hoher mantelgabe mit dir begangen hat: Er nam sich dir ze dienen an in minniclicher minne, er warp ez tougen wider dich – do taete du, swes er bat. Dir gienc sin bete und siniu wort durch oren und durch ougen; al dar quam siner vröuden hort ze dir geslichen tougen: Er was dir minniclichen bi mit warheit sunder spot. yours Karl Am 30.03.2014 um 15:00 schrieb John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion