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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?
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Eliana Corbari,
Theology & Religious Studies
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> 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
>
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