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I want to thank all who responded, especially Aden Kumler, whose mail was
very helpful, and apologize for not following up on your generous
contributions earlier.
For those of you who are curious, the issue is this. I have what I'm pretty
certain is a Cistercian office for Louis IX, written about 1300. One of the
hymns (Matins) includes:
Quod vidit enigmatice. carnis clausus ergastulo. sublato videt obice. lucis
eterne speculo.
What he saw darkly [vidit enigmatice], enclosed in the prison of the flesh,
he sees, this obstacle having been endured, in the mirror of eternal light
[lucis eterne speculo].
Which, a friend pointed out to me, seems to draw on 1Cor 13.12: videmus nunc
per speculum in enigmate tunc autem facie ad faciem nunc cognosco ex parte
tunc autem cognoscam sicut et cognitus sum.
Fine. The office as a whole, I think, bears the imprint of a kind of
contemplative spirituality, and so I'm trying to track threads down. Any
further thoughts very welcome indeed. And thanks again to all, and again, in
advance.
cecilia
M.C.Gaposchkin, Ph.D.
History, Dartmouth College
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