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| CSM Number : 156 | |||
| Short name: | The Priest whose Tongue was Cut Out | Alternative: | Priest's tongue is restored at Cluny |
| Incipit: | A Madre do que de terra/ primeir’ ome foi fazer | ||
| Refrain: | A Madre do que de terra/ primeir’ ome foi fazer/ ben pod’ a lingua tallada/ fazer que possa crecer. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Cluny [Benedictine monastery in Burgundy] | Protagonist(s): | a priest |
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A priest always sang the Virgin’s praises. Heretics seized him and cut out his tongue so that he could no longer compose songs of praise for her. He was very sad that he could not sing, especially when he heard songs he had sung joyfully before. One day he came to Cluny and heard the vespers of the Virgin being sung. He longed to join the monks and tried to sing. The Virgin caused his tongue to grow back again. Many people witnessed the miracle and the priest joined the monks of Cluny. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 7' 7 7' 7 15 15 | Refrain: | 15 15 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 7 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bcbcaa | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| T156, E156 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| amputation, Benedictines, heretic, monks, priest , song, tongue, vespers | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3908 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Inside the virelai: a survey of musical structures in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Campbell, Alison | |||
| Fuentes y contexto histórico de algunos milagros de Cesario de Heisterbach poéticamente marianizados y musicalizados e las Cantigas de Santa Maria, de Alfonso X el Sabio, y su relación con el monasterio de Gumiel de Izán Ferreira Alemparte, Jaime | |||
| Fuentes germánicas en las ’Cantigas de Santa Maria’ de Alfonso X el Sabio Ferreiro Alemparte, Jaime | |||
| Textos de literatura portuguesa. I: Afonso X, o Sábio Rodrigues Lapa, Manuel | |||