> There is, of course, the fabliau-like mention in the Malleus
> Malleficarum of the bewitched dismembered members in the bird's
> nest, the
> biggest of which belongs to the parish priest -- I hope it is not
> immodest to point out that I cite this in my essay "Sex & Sexuality
> in Late Medieval & Early Modern Art" in ed. D. Erlach et al.,
> Privatisierung der Triebe? Sexualitat in der Fruhen Neuzeit (Peter
> Lang, Frankfurt etc., 1994), 187-304, 40-odd [some very odd] ills.
>
> Malcolm Jones, CECTAL, Univ. Sheffield
Any immodesty which you wrongly fear is infinitely outweighed by my
ignorance - this is excellent support for one of my arguments! Many, many
thanks!
DARON
Daron Burrows, Trinity College, Oxford.
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