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Thank you, Denis, I was not aware of this passage! To be found in Honorius,
De imagine mundi, lib. III, Exortatio, PL 172,165: "Adam primus homo ad
imaginem Dei in Hebron formatus, in paradiso cum Eva septem horis
commoratus, ob mandati transgressionem, hujus mundi exsilium subiit."
See also Hildegard, Liber Scivias, II, vi, PL 197,530B: "Sed et hoc
sacerdotale officium, a prima hora diei usque ad nonam horam a fidelibus
exerceri potest, secundum quod necessitas temporis in moribus hominum
invenerit, quoniam et Adam in mane surgens ad horam nonam seductus est, et
quia etiam passio filii mei in crepusculo diei inchoata, ad horam nonam
consummata dignoscitur: ita quod in cruce moriens exspiravit, et morte sua
mortem viriliter superavit."
At 22:46 02.12.2001, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>I think we can find the six hours in Honorius Augustodunensis de imagine mundi
>too...
> D.H.
>
>Tom Izbicki wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> > Two ideas come to mind:
> >
> > 1. Search the passage on the Darthmouth Dante Project database to fiind
> > what the commentators said about it.
> >
> > 2. Look at material on the book of hours (e.g., R.S. Weick's Time
> > Sanctified). The hooking story cycles to the liturgical hours (Prime, Sext
> > etc.) is common in the illustration of books of hours. Thus the reference
> > might purely be to time of day for particular events, calculated in these
> > terms, rather than a mere 6 hours in Paradise.
> >
> > Tom Izbicki
> >
> > Tom Izbicki
> >
> > At 07:25 PM 11/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> > >
> > >In Dante's Paradisio, he asks Adam about this very question. Adam
> > >replies that he was created at dawn and was expelled at the sixth hour
> > >(noon). My students are always amazed to discover how short a time it
> > >took Adam to sin! I can't give you an exact citation because I don't
> > >have the book here. And I don't believe there is any explanation in
> > >Dante beyond the bare statement. However, I'll take a look at footnotes
> > >in the morning to see if there is any attribution to the origins of this
> > >story.
> > >
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