Cena Cypriani

The Cena Cypriani is originally drafted in Latin Bible parody, the first version incorrectly Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage in the 3rd century AD, is attributed; A second version, which originated in the 9th century AD and shows clear improvements in terms of rhythm, linguistic refinement and syntactic shortcut that probably comes from John the Deacon.

Structure of Cena Cypriani

The Cena Cypriani describes a feast following the wedding at Cana, where all possible figures of the Old and New Testaments occur and are usually called in aufzählender shape and provided with various attributes or perform certain activities which are often expressed in cryptic formulation; this biblical citations are usually distorted or turned upside down.

The Cena Cypriani in more recent texts

In Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose Adson experienced, one of the main characters of the book, twice a vision; In the second vision, he sees some parts of the plot of Cena Cypriani, mixed in with some bizarre kind of previously experienced events.

A section of the Cena Cypriani:

Primus omnium Itaque sedit And so sat down as the first of all Adam in medio, Eva super folia, Adam in the middle, Eva on the leaves, Cain super aratrum, supra mulgarium Abel, Cain, on the plow, Abel on the milk pail Noe super arcam, Iafeth super lateres, Noah, the ark, Jafeth on the side wings Abraham sub arbore, Isaac super aram, Abraham under the tree, Isaac on the altar, Iacob supra petram, Loth iuxta hostium, Jacob on the rock, Loth next to the door, Moyses super lapidem, Helias super pellem, Moses on the stone, Elias on the head, Danihel super tribunal, Tobis super lectum, Daniel the whistle, Tobias on the bed, Joseph super Plasmodium, Beniamin super saccum Joseph to the bushel, Benjamin on the bag, David super Monticulum, locust in terra, David on the small mountain, John on the earth, Pharaoh in arena, Lazarus in tabula, Pharaoh in the sand, Lazarus, on the table Jesus puteum super, super arborem Zacchaeus, Jesus at the well, Zacchaeus up the tree, Matthew scannum super, super hydriam Rebecca, Matthew on the stool, Rebecca on the water jug ​​, Raab stuppam super, super stipulam Ruth, Rahab on tow, Ruth on the straw, Thecla super fenestram, Susanna in horto, Thecla on the window, Susanna in the garden, Abessalon in fronibus, Judas super loculum, Abessalon into leaves, Judas, on the graves Peter cathedram super, super retem Jacobus Petrus on the chair, James, on net, Samson super colonnam, Heli super sallam, Samson, to the column, Eli on the office chair Rachel super sarcinam. Rachel on the pack. literature

Modesto, Christine: Studies of the "Cena Cypriani " and its reception. Tübingen: Narr Verlag 1992

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