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Speculum al foderi

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Speculum al foderi (sometimes known as "The Mirror of Coitus" or literally "a mirror for fuckers") is a 14th century Catalan text discovered in the 1970s. This text is significant as it is the only treatise prior to the early modern period describing the art of sexual positions.

References

  • Michael R. Solomon, editor (1986). Text and Concordance of Speculum al foderi, Biblioteca Nacional MS. 3356. ISBN 0942260600
  • Michael R. Solomon (1990). The Mirror of coitus : a translation and edition of the fifteenth-century Speculum al foderi. Spanish. ISBN 0940639483