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Record Number: 9636 Author(s)/Creator(s): Murray , Jacqueline. Contributor(s): Title: Twice Marginal and Twice Invisible: Lesbians in the Middle Ages [appendices reproduce two translations, one an excerpt from a poem that describes the "vile sin" of two ladies making love, the other is a nun's letter to her beloved, full of homoerotic images]. Source: Handbook of Medieval Sexuality.  Edited by Vern L. Bullough and James A. Brundage.  Garland Reference Library of the Humanities vol. 1696. Garland Publishing, 1996.  Pages 191 - 222. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Homoeroticism Homosexuality Lesbians Nuns Woman Woman Relationships Award Note: Geographic Area: General Century: General Primary Evidence: Illustrations: One Figure. Illustration from the Vienna "Bible moralisée" showing two same-sex couples, female and male, in intimate embraces. Devils are watching the couples approvingly. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Windsor Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0815312873

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