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Dear Mike, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Bodily humor sounds like an interesting topic -- certainly one that's relevant to the cycle plays. My own work is focused on the York "Christ before Herod." Mankind is probably the most relevant text, but I expect you know that. You might take a look at the Jacobelli book (Il Risus Pascchalis e il fondimento del piacere sessuale), which has reference to some medieval sources, unfortunately none of them English. But one needs to treat the book carefully, as Jacobelli doesn't read Latin well and makes some glaring mistakes; also she wants everything to concern "piacere sessuale" and overinterprets, indeed misinterprets, the Oecolampadius material. I'd love to find some reference to the risus paschalis tradition in England, but so far have come up empty handed. Do you know of any references to bodily humor in the English preaching tradition? Michael At 02:27 PM 5/9/99 -0500, you wrote: >Michael, > >I must regret that I don't know much more than you do about risus >paschalis. I'm working on bodily humor in medieval Britain, and I've done >preliminary searches on this topic, to little avail, unfortunately. Would >you be willing to share any resources that you collect? > >Best, > >Mike > > > >Michael W. George >Department of English >Michigan State University >[log in to unmask] > > >"A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams" > --Brother William in _The Name of the Rose_ >