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| CSM Number : 136 | |||
| Short name: | The Gambling Woman who Threw a Stone at a Statue of the Virgin | Alternative: | Gambling woman throws stone at statue |
| Incipit: | Poi-las figuras fazen dos santos renenbrança | ||
| Refrain: | Poi-las figuras fazen dos santos renenbrança/ quenas cuida desonrrar mui fol é sen dultança. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Foggia in Apulia | Protagonist(s): | a female gambler |
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A statue of the Virgin stood in front of a church in the city of Foggia in Apulia. It was made of marble and was very beautiful so the people had great reverence for it. King Conrad, the son of the Emperor lived in that city and one day some of his company were playing dice in front of the statue. A German woman who had lost was so enraged that she threw a stone at the face of the infant Christ. The statue of the Virgin, however, intercepted the blow with its arm. The stone made a hole in the elbow that could be seen forever after. When the King heard the news, he ordered the woman to be arrested and dragged through the streets. He also had the statue completely repainted by a painter of the city and ordered it to be well guarded. Nevertheless, the arm was not restored, because God wanted it to remain as testimony. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 13' 13' 13' 13' | Refrain: | 13' 13' |
| No. of Stanzas: | 7 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| T136, E136 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| elbow, emperor, execution, gambling, iconoclasts, image (of Virgin Mary), king, marble (statue), painter | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3888 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria do rei don Alfonso Alfonso X , o Sábio | |||
| The Oxford Book of Portuguese Verse Bell, Aubrey F. G. | |||
| ’Alea jacta est’: at the gaming table with Alfonso the Learned Carpenter, Dwayne E. | |||
| Les traits d’acuité et de longueur dans le traitement musical de l’accent rhythmique des Cantigas de Santa María Fernández de la Cuesta, Ismael | |||
| Las mujeres y los dados en la poesía de Alfonso X Fidalgo Francisco, Elvira | |||
| Entre Ave y Eva: las mujeres de las Cantigas de Santa María. II. Las trabajadoras. III. Las Evas Fidalgo, Elvira | |||
| Las Cantigas de Santa Maria Filgueira Valverde, José | |||
| La sociedad medieval española reflejada en la obra de Alfonso el Sabio González, Jr., Juan | |||
| Palabra e imagen. Dos cantigas de Santa María Hernán-Gómez Prieto, Beatriz | |||
| Poesía juglaresca y juglares: aspectos de la historia literaria y cultural de España Menéndez Pidal, Ramón | |||
| El valor de la ciudad como fuente documental en las Cantigas Historiadas de Alfonso X el Sabio: el caso de Foggia Molina López, Laura | |||
| Viaje a Italia a través de las Cantigas Historiadas de Alfonso X el Sabio Molina López, Laura | |||
| The Miracles Came in Two by Two: Paired Narratives in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Antologia da poesia portuguesa, vol. I: séculos XII-XVI Pinheiro Torres, Alexandre | |||
| Alfonso X el Sabio y la pintura sobre tabla Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier | |||
| Tres ensayos sobre el arte en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso el Sabio Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier | |||
| Recordings of Las [sic] Cantigas de Santa Maria Contained in the Facsimile Edition Published by Edilán (Madrid 1979) Tinnell, Roger D. | |||
| ’E dest’un mui gran miragre vos contarei que oy’: Oralidad y textualidad en las Cantigas de Santa Maria Vaquero, Mercedes | |||
| ’Virgo Antiludens’: Xogos de azar, blasfémia e castigo nas Cantigas de Santa María de Afonso X o Sabio Ventura Ruiz, Joaquim | |||