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| CSM Number : 13 | |||
| Short name: | Elbo the Thief | Alternative: | Ebbo the Thief |
| Incipit: | Assi como Jesucristo | estando na cruz salvou/ un ladron | ||
| Refrain: | Assi como Jesucristo | estando na cruz salvou/ un ladron, assi sa madre | outro de morte livrou. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | unspecified | Protagonist(s): | a thief named Elbo |
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A thief named Elbo always prayed to the Virgin and commended himself to her. One day he was caught stealing and the magistrate ordered him to be hanged. As Elbo was hanging on the gallows, the Virgin supported his feet so that he did not choke. He stayed on the gallows for three days. The magistrate passed by, noticed the thief was still alive, and had the rope adjusted. The Virgin continued to protect Elbo. The thief spoke to the magistrate and his men, explaining that the Virgin had been keeping him alive. The magistrate praised the Virgin and had him taken down from the gallows. Elbo joined a monastery. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 15 [7’ 7] 15 [7’ 7] 15 [7’ 7] 15 [7’ 7] | Refrain: | 15 [7’ 7] 15 [7’ 7] |
| No. of Stanzas: | 6 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA| bbba | Zejel: | |
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| T13, E13, To14 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| Celeberrimae relatonis studio apud saeculares (163) | |||
| Keywords | |||
| gallows, hanging, magistrate, thief/ thieves | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
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| Ebbo the Thief | Pez |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Thott (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Phillips (Chicago, University of Chicago, Phillipps MS 25142) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | BL Mariale 3 (London, BL, Additional MS 35112, ff. 21-80; 90-94) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | John of Garland |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Legenda Aurea (Voragine) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Gonzalo de Berceo |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Madrid Mariale (Madrid, B.N., MS 110) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Gautier de Coinci |
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| Ebbo the Thief | William of Malmesbury |
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| Ebbo the Thief | BL Mariale 2 (London, BL, Arundel 346, ff. 60-73) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Miraculorum B. Mariae. libri III (Reims 1400) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Jean Gobi |
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| Ebbo the Thief | BL Mariale 4 (London, BL, Additional MS 15723, Collection 1, ff. 64v-69v) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Vendôme Collection (Vendôme, Bibliothèque Publique MS 185) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Johannes Herolt |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Cornell Mariale (Cornell, MS B.14) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Li Miracoli de Senta Maria |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Pseudo-Caesarius |
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| Ebbo the Thief | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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| Ebbo the Thief | BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
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| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3730 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria do rei don Alfonso Alfonso X , o Sábio | |||
| Las colecciones universales de milagros de la Virgen hasta Gonzalo de Berceo Bayo, Juan Carlos | |||
| Cantigas en versión para arpa de María Rosa Calvo- Manzano Calvo- Manzano, María Rosa | |||
| A Paleographic Edition of the Alfonsine Collection of Prose Miracles of the Virgin Chatham, James R. | |||
| Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | |||
| La cultura monástica en las Cantigas de Santa María de Alfonso X: pervivencia, adopción y reelaboración Disalvo, Santiago | |||
| Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | |||
| Paralelismo discursivo de los delitos de hurto y robo en las Siete Partidas y Las Cantigas de Santa Maria’ Igkesias, Yolanda, and David Navarro | |||
| Des vierges et des diables: de Berceo à l'Archiprêtre Joset, Jacques | |||
| Las traducciones castellanas de las Cantigas de Santa María Keller, John E. and Robert W. Linker | |||
| A Feasible Source of the Denouements of the Exemplos in El Conde Lucanor Keller, John Esten | |||
| More on the Rivalry Between Santa María and Santiago de Compostela Keller, John Esten | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria e cancioneiros galaico-portugueses Martins, Mário | |||
| Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | |||
| Criterio agrupador de las Cantigas de Santa María Montoya Martínez, Jesús | |||