Adam of Saint Victor was church official and Latin hymnist who worked in Paris in the first half of the twelfth century. In 1130, he became a monk of the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris. Adam of Saint Victor’s hymns promoted veneration of Mary the mother of God, the most important figure of the Christian Church.
Risus paschalis is for Easter & Christmas. Abraham laughed before God; Sarah concealed laughter. They begot Isaac, figure of Jesus, who lived comic love. … Read the post risus paschalis for Christmas: laughing with Sarah, begetter of Isaac
Adam of Saint Victor’s 12th-century sequence “Hail, O mother of our Savior {Salve, mater Salvatoris}” provides acute insight into gender relations today. … Read the post Salve, mater Salvatoris: honoring the great woman in medieval Europe
Medieval men chose between studying with Athena or Venus, serving as Adam of St. Victor or le tumbeor. As woman-servers, men deserve choices & appreciation. … Read the post Adam of Saint Victor and Le Tumbeor Nostre Dame
Obscured through lofty, pious abstractions of modern translations, ancient Latin Christian hymns had earthy appreciation for men’s sexuality. … Read the post ancient Latin Christian hymns appreciate men’s sexuality