Women’s Voices in Medieval Artes Dictandi and Model Letter Collections

date

1226-1228

author

Guido Faba

title

Semen divini verbi multum proficit

bibliography

  • Guido Faba, Dictamina rhetorica
  • Guidonis Fabe Dictamina rhetorica, ed. A. Gaudenzi, "Il Propugnatore", 5, 28-29 (1892): 84.

summary

This is in response to the letter whose incipit reads: Dilecte in Christo sorori domine G.The widow expresses gratitude to the addressee for his letters privinding consolation.

teibody

Semen divini verbi multum proficit a quocumque prolatum; nam audienti contritionem confert et spem salutis, et maxime quod a vobis quasi celesti oraculo editur, qui dicta studetis operibus adimplere. Dominus itaque vestre retribuat bonitati, cuius intuitu, me sepius vestris litteris visitastis; quia per hoc semper confortor ad bonum, et peccandi materia resecatur.

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