The Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Oxford University was created in 2005. It currently hosts two linked research projects: the Cantigas de Santa Maria database and the new Cantigas de Santa Maria critical edition.
The Cantigas de Santa Maria database is designed to give access to a vast range of information relevant to the processes of collection, composition and compilation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. It will provide the critical material for a new edition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which will be published both in printed and electronic form. The database is under continual development.
The database incorporates a fully searchable electronic version of Poncelet’s 'Index miraculorum B.V. Mariae quae saec. VI-XV latine conscripta sunt', and exhaustive listings of the contents of Latin and vernacular collections of Marian miracles.
The database was initially developed with the support of the Leverhulme Trust (project grant F/08 736/B, Collection, Composition and Compilation in the Cantigas de Santa Maria). Continued work in the Centre was supported by the Research Development Fund of Oxford University, the Modern Humanities Research Association, and the British Academy (Small Grant SG-46903).
As a pilot for the new critical edition, an anthology of 50 cantigas is currently in preparation, supported by British Academy Research Development Award BR100062, Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Sample texts from the CSM Critical Edition project are available online from our pdf archive or by direct link from the database.
Click HERE to enter the Cantigas de Santa Maria database. Please send any comments, suggestions, or corrections to the project team.
The Database suffered a severe hacking attack in April 2011, which has required a major overhaul of its structure, and an interruption of the regular updating of content and the addition of new information pages. The transition to a fully secure site is now complete, and we are about to resume regular updating of the content.
The Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Oxford University was created in 2005. It currently hosts two linked research projects: the Cantigas de Santa Maria database and the new Cantigas de Santa Maria critical edition.
The Cantigas de Santa Maria database is designed to give access to a vast range of information relevant to the processes of collection, composition and compilation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. It will provide the critical material for a new edition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which will be published both in printed and electronic form. The database is under continual development.
The database incorporates a fully searchable electronic version of Poncelet’s 'Index miraculorum B.V. Mariae quae saec. VI-XV latine conscripta sunt', and exhaustive listings of the contents of Latin and vernacular collections of Marian miracles.
The database was initially developed with the support of the Leverhulme Trust (project grant F/08 736/B, Collection, Composition and Compilation in the Cantigas de Santa Maria). Continued work in the Centre was supported by the Research Development Fund of Oxford University, the Modern Humanities Research Association, and the British Academy (Small Grant SG-46903).
As a pilot for the new critical edition, an anthology of 50 cantigas is currently in preparation, supported by British Academy Research Development Award BR100062, Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Sample texts from the CSM Critical Edition project are available online from our pdf archive or by direct link from the database.
Click HERE to enter the Cantigas de Santa Maria database. Please send any comments, suggestions, or corrections to the project team.
The Database suffered a severe hacking attack in April 2011, which has required a major overhaul of its structure, and an interruption of the regular updating of content and the addition of new information pages. The transition to a fully secure site is now complete, and we are about to resume regular updating of the content.