21L.460 | Spring 2015 | Undergraduate

Medieval Literature: Love, Sex, and Marriage

Medieval Marriage Scene (thumbnail)

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Thumbnail image of a painting of a medieval marriage scene on a manuscript leaf from Decretals of Gregory IX, ca. 1300. Painting is in public domain from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Online from a gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1955.

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Medieval Marriage Scene (thumbnail)
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The painting is from a manuscript from the Decretals of Gregory IX (ca. 1300), and shows a priest performing a marriage ceremony with the bride and groom kneeling to his right and left, respectively, and with witnesses standing behind each.
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Painting of a medieval marriage scene on a manuscript leaf from Decretals of Gregory IX, ca. 1300. (Painting is in public domain from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Online from a gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1955.)
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Painting is in public domain from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Online from a gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1955.
The painting is from a manuscript from the Decretals of Gregory IX  (ca. 1300), and shows a priest performing a marriage ceremony with the bride and groom kneeling to his right and left, respectively, and with witnesses standing behind each.

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