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Sixth stanzaStanze: in this general description of the figurative method, the words tu a saeclis praeelecta, which correspond to DanteDante’s termine fisso d’eterno consiglio, allude to passages such as Prov. 8, 23 (ab aeterno ordinata sum), or Cant. 6, 9; the usual formula is: elegit eam Deus, et praeelegit eam; Mary is sometimes considered as finis figurarum, although this designation is usually applied to Christ himself.45

Eighth stanzaStanze: the three images thronus Salomonis, vellus Gedeonis and rubus incombustus are among the most widespread Marian figures; the poet himself explains the meaning of the latter two (vv. 49–54); the pertinent Biblical texts are Judges 6, 36ff. for the vellus Gedeonis and Exod. 3, 2 for the rubus. Mary as thronus Salomonis refers to Solomon as figura Christi; he is the sponsus of the Song of Songs, and his name is interpreted as ‘pacific’; therefore, the ‘true Solomon’ is Christ who is pax nostra (Ephes. 2, 54), and the Virgin is often called thronus, or templum, or domus, or lectus Salomonis. We have, encountered before, in St. Ambrose’sAmbrosius, hl. hymn ‘De Adventu Domini’, the verse: versatur in templo Deus.46