fimaticism or orer-wron^ enthuiiasm, than of sound devotion or sober interpretation. See Aujboobt. Taking, therefore, the ground figure of covumbial as typical of divine union to be intended to be represent- ed in this genertd expression only by this unique spec- kaen of sacred phantasmagoria, we may venture to ar- mnge it dramatically somewhat as follows :
Tim*.
PUc«.
PMMM.
SabjMt.
P«««e.
LMoni.
Audienoe-it)om oi ptiaoe.
Bride and ladies.
The welcome to the future home.
1,2-8. I
Eve.
Bride, groom, and attendants.
The first intervleir.
i,»-4i,C
2. Morn.
Pftlace window.
Bride and groom.
The InvitaUon, in serenade.
IL 7-17.
m,i-i
Eve.
Private chamber.
Bride.
The search, in fancy.
8. Mom.
Front of palace.
Bride, groom, and ladies.
The return from parade.
rn^^vL
Eve.
Palace garden.
Bride and Udtefl.
The visit and excuraion.
iv, 1-v, L '
4. Horn.
Private chamber.
The dream.
V, ft-vt, a.
Eve.
Palace apartment
Bride, groom, and vIsitOfB. Bride and ladles.
The receptioQ-partv. The toUette.
vi,4-18.
O.Moni.
Private chamber.
vll,l-5.
Eve.
Private apartment
Bride and groom.
The mutual avowaL
vil,«-vUI,8.
6. Mom.
Public apartment
Bride, groom, and witnesees.
TheespoosaL
vlli,4-7.
Eve.
Private apartment
The dowry.
vlii,S-14.
lY. Canonicity. — It has already been observed that the book was rejected trom the Canon by Castellio and Whiston, but in no case has its rejection been defended on external grounds. It is found in the Sept., and in the translations of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodo- tian. It is contained in the catalogue given in the Talmud, and in the catalogue of Melito ; and, in short, we have the same evidence for its canonici^ as that which b commonly adduced for the canonlcity of any book of the O.T.
y. Cojnmentariet.'-The following are the exegetical works expressly on the whole of this book, a few of the most important being indicated by an asterisk {*) prefixed : Origen, Homlia, etc. (in Opp, iii, 12, 28, 94) ; Theophilus, Froffmenta (in Grabe*s SjncUegimn^ ii, 228) ; Eusebius, ErposUio [Gr. and Lat.] (in Meursii Opera, viii, 125) ; Polychronius and Psellus, Ea^oiiUones (ed. Meursius, Lugd. 1617, 4to); Athanasius, Homilia (in 0pp. iii, 87) ; also Fragmenta (ib, I, ii, 1005) ; •Grego- ry Nyssen., Explanatio (in Opp, i, 468 ; also BiU. Pair, Gall, vi, 645); Ambrose, Commentaruu (In Opp. i, 1546); Epiphanius, Commentarim (ed. Foggini, Rom. 1750, 4to); Philo Carpathius, IfUerprtkUio (Lat. in BUA. Max, P<ar, v, 661 ; Gr. and Lat. in BibL Patr. Gall, ix, 718 ; also EnarraHo, ed. Gr. and Lat. Glaco- mell, Rom. 1772, 4to); Theodoret, Eapkmaiio (Rom. 1568, foL ; Yen. 157^ 4to; also in Opp, II, i; tr. in <* Voice of the Church"); Cassiodorus, EscpowHo Qn Opp, ii, 479) ; Gregory the Great, Expimtio (in Opp, III, ii, 897); Justus Orgelitanus, ExpUcatio (in BAl, Max, Patr, ix, 781) ; Isidore, Expontio (in Opp, p. 608) ; Apponius, ExpatiUo (in BibL Max, Patr, xiv, 98) ; Lu- cas, Sununariola (in Bibl, Max, Patr. xiv, 128) ; Udal- ricus, Scholia (ib,); Bede, ExpotiOo (in Opp, iv, 7l4; also World by Giles, ix, 186) ; Alcuin, Compendium (in Opp, I, ii, 891) ; Angelomanus, EnarraUones (in B^l, Max, JPatr. xv) ; Bruno Astenais, Cantioa (in Opp, i) ; Anselm, Enarrationes Qn. Opp, ed. Picard) ; Rupertus Tuitiensis, Commentaria (in (^. i, 986) ; Bernard, 8er^ mones (in Opp. I, ii, 2649 ; also ib, II, i, 555) ; Irimper- tus, Commentarius (Pez, Thesaw, II, i, 869) ; Aquinas, CommetUarius (in Opp, i); Honoriua Augnstodnnensis, Commentarius (in C^ip, ; also Bibl, Pair, Max, xx, 968) ; Jarchi's annotations [Heb.] (in Buxtorf *8 Babbinioil Bible, q. t.) ; Rashi's ^^B (hi the Rabbfaiical Bibles ; also with Lat. tr. by Genebrard, Par. 1570 and 1585, 8vo ; with notes by Breithanpt, Gotha, 1714, 4to ; in Jewish- C^erman by Bresch, Cremona, 1560, fol., and since) ; R. S. ben-Meir (Rashbam), i^V^^ (first publbhed Lpz. 1855, 8vo) ; •Aben-Ezra, tbno Qn Fhmkfhrter's Rabbinical Bible; in Lat. by Genebrard, Paris, 1570 and 1868, 8vo); Alscheich, B^'p^^n nstb"^^ (Ven. 1691 and 1606, 4to, and since) ; Nachmani (or rather Asariel, A.D. cir. 1200), )DnB [Cabalistic] (Altona, 1764, 4to ; including conmients by Ibn-Tamar, Johan-
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