- the
bride and
bridegroom sharing a cake of emmer, in
Latin far or
panis farreus,
hence the rite's name. (Far is
often translated as "spelt",
which is inaccurate...
- marriage: confarreatio,
symbolized by the
sharing of
spelt bread (panis
farreus); coemptio, "by purchase"; and by usus (habitual cohabitation). Patricians...
-
ritual confarreatio,
which included a
sacrifice of
spelt bread to
Jupiter Farreus (from far, "wheat, grain"). The
office of
Flamen Dialis was cir****scribed...
-
During this ritual, the
bride and
groom shared a
bread made of
emmer (
farreus) (hence, the term
confarreatio translates to "sharing of
emmer bread")...
- Augustine. The
agricultural ones
include Opitulus, Almus, Ruminus, Frugifer,
Farreus, ****ia, Dapalis, Epulo.
Augustine gives an
explanation of the ones he...
- of
three kinds: confarreatio,
symbolized by the
sharing of
bread (panis
farreus); coemptio, "by purchase"; and usus, "by
mutual cohabitation". Patricians...
