Keywords: Barthélemy Aneau “Matrimonii Typus” from Picta poesis (1552).jpg la <blockquote> Corpore sit duplicis formae Hermaphroditus in uno<br /> Unáque sit facies foeminae una viri <br /> Oscula dein gemino velut ore reciproca dentur <br /> Quae blando alternae sunt in amore vices <br /> Hinc utrunque Sophos carnem unam dicat at inde<br /> Dum pugnant Satyrus rideat esse duos <br /> Carne quòd esse duos cornutus Hebraeus in una<br /> Iusserit hoc corpus denotat Androgynon <br /> At quòd non deceant divisos iurgia sponsos <br /> Id Satyrus μῶρος qui reprehendat adest <br /> Casibus adversis solatia utrinque ferendis <br /> Sintque decussatim brachia iuncta cruce <br /> Sic ut dactylion dextro super ubere laeva <br /> Corque sinistro habeat dextra manus latere <br /> Ille fidem sponsam vivacem hoc signat amorem <br /> Unà ut conveniant hinc amor inde fides <blockquote/> en Let there be a Hermaphrodite of double shape in a single body; and let one face be a woman s the other a man s Let kisses then be given and taken as if with a twin mouth which are the shared exchanges of sweet love Let on the one side the Sage say that both are one flesh; but on the other when they fight let the satyr laugh that they are two For the horned Jew commanded that they be two in a single flesh; this body is what the Androgyne expresses But since it is not right that wedded folk should quarrel the silly satyr is there to find fault with this And because they show consolation to each other in bad times let their arms be linked in a ten-shaped cross so that the left hand s ring be over the right breast and the right cover the heart on the left side The one means true-pledged faith the other long-lived love so that the two from one side faith from the other love might meet 1552 https //archive org/stream/pictapoesisutpic00anea page/14/mode/1up Picta poesis ut pictura poesis erit - page 14 Barthélémy Aneau 1510 1561 other versions Custom license marker 2015 03 18 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Picta Poesis 1552 engravings Intersex in art |