| Poems | MSS / layout | Miracles | Keywords | Poncelet | Bibliography | Search |
For the purposes of the new edition, every poem has been assigned a unique short title. The original short titles, taken eclectically from a number of sources, are retained as alternative short titles.
Links to the miniatures of the Códice Rico are now live on the Miniature section of this page, as well as on the MSS pages for that manuscript. Links to the miniatures of the Florence MS are currently being added.
Links to Ms T display individual pages; links to Ms F open the document viewer which displays double page spreads (users have the option to select single pages in the viewer).
For new critical texts of the poems, return to the listing page and click on the poem number, or go to the archive of texts .
For epigraphs and layout information click on the appropriate manuscript location.
For information on Latin and vernacular sources of miracle stories follow the links to Miracles and collections.
Follow the links to the appropriate pages of Todd McComb and Pierre Roberge's online discography, to the BITAGAP archive, and to linked entries in the Bibliography.
Back to Home Page
| CSM Number : 164 | |||
| Short name: | The Statue that Cried out Against the Arrest of a Monk | Alternative: | Statue protests at monk's arrest (Salas) |
| Incipit: | Como deve dos crischãos/ seer a Virgen onrrada | ||
| Refrain: | Como deve dos crischãos/ seer a Virgen onrrada/ outrossi ar deve deles/ seer en todo guardada. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Salas | Protagonist(s): | a monk/prior of Salas |
|
A monk/prior of Salas was falsely accused of coining money. Don Fernando, prince and abbot of Monte-Aragón, ordered him to be arrested. The monk fled to a church thinking he would find sanctuary there. But the abbot ordered him to come out and had him seized and forcibly removed from the churchyard. The statue of the Virgin was so angry that it emitted a loud cry and thrust the holy child away from her. The statues of mother and son also grew pale. When the abbot heard the news, he ordered the monk to return. To make amends, he and his men entered the church with cords around their necks. The bishop of Huesca came to Salas and redressed the wrong done to the Virgin. As a sign that she had forgiven the deed, she clasped her son again, but she never regained her former colour and neither did her son. |
|||
| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 15 15 15 15' | Refrain: | 15' 15' |
| No. of Stanzas: | 9 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| T164, E164 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| abbot, bishop, earthquake, false accusation, image (of Virgin Mary), money (coining of), penance, prior, rope, sanctuary (right of) | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3915 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Santa María de Salas en el Siglo XIII. Estudio sobre algunas Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Aguado Bleye, Pedro | |||
| Poesía de santuarios Filgueira Valverde, José | |||
| Alfonso X of Castile: Patron of Literature and Learning Procter, Evelyn S. | |||
| Tres ensayos sobre el arte en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso el Sabio Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier | |||