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vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page i Poets of Divine Love vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page ii FORDHAM SERIES IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES Richard F.Gyug,series editor 1.Richard F.Gyug.,ed.,MedievalCulturesinContact. 2.Teodolinda Barolini and H.Wayne Storey,eds.,DantefortheNewMillennium. vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page iii POETS OF DIVINE LOVE Franciscan Mystical Poetry of the Thirteenth Century A V LESSANDRO ETTORI Fordham University Press New York 2004 vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page iv Copyright © 2004 Fordham University Press All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,mechan- ical,photocopy,recording,or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews,without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham Series in Medieval Studies,No.3 ISSN 1542-6378 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vettori,Alessandro. Poets of divine love :Franciscan mystical poetry of the thirteenth century / Alessandro Vettori.—1st ed. p.cm.—(Fordham series in medieval studies ;no.3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-2325-6 1.Francis,of Assisi,Saint,1182–1226.I.Title.II.Series. BX4700.F6V43 2004 242—dc22 2003024725 Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 5 4 3 2 1 First edition vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page v This book is dedicated to Mary Bly, without whose continued support,loving encouragement, and editorial advice, it would not have been accomplished. vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page vi vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page vii CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Adviso to Reader xi Introduction xiii Part One 1. Theater of Nudity 3 2. Mysticism of Sexual Union 40 3. Harmony of the Cosmos 59 Part Two 4. Origins of the Canon 79 5. Theology of Ravishment 112 6. Ecstasy of Agapic Love 145 7. Symphony of the Ineffable 172 Conclusion 193 Appendix 197 Cantico di frate sole 197 The Canticle of the Sun 199 Sources of the “Canticle of Brother Sun” Daniel 3:51–90 200 Psalm 148 203 Bibliography 205 Index 219 vettori.qxp 6/4/2004 10:09 AM Page viii
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