As usual, she is late. Maura has invited the professore to join us in looking at the frescoes in the Palazzo della Corgna because he teaches medieval art and Maura has coyly suggested I might learn something interesting from him. While we are waiting, two nuns walk by; the professore smiles and nods at them in greeting.
So they aged quickly. Most of them died. But if they managed to survive into middle age, they would often become nuns. But a special order of nuns. Kept behind walls. Waiting for Maura. There were two orders of prostitute nuns, one called Incarcerate and the other Murate.
The Incarcerate were more or less imprisoned while the Murate were walled off from the rest of the community. Neither could have any contact with the outside world. It means, he says, that if a man had a sexual relationship with a priestess, the money you gave her was given to god. In fact, during the Middle Ages, there were prostitutes of the court who were part of high society, women who were paid richly by noble men for their services and were quite well respected.
The professore stands, stretches, looks up the street to see if there is any sign of Maura. This was a direct reference to the shape of the vagina. Just then, Maura comes rushing up the street, apologizing for being late. She gives me a kiss on one cheek and then the other. From the vagina, comes life! Maura gasps. She raises an eyebrow. Tags: Italy , Perugia.
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