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| CSM Number : 2 |
| Short name: |
Hildefonsus of Toledo |
| Incipit: |
Muito devemos varões/ loar a Santa Maria |
| Refrain: |
Muito devemos varões/ loar a Santa Maria/ que sas graças e sas dões/ dá a quen en ela fia |
| Summary of narrative |
| Setting: |
Toledo |
Protagonist(s): |
St. Ildefonso |
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miniature
The Virgin gave a vestment to a Spanish priest named Ildefonso. Ildefonso preached well and wrote that Mary was a Virgin, although Jews and heretics challenged this notion. One day, while he was walking in a procession with King Reccesvinth, St Leocadia appeared before them. She told Ildefonso: “my Lady lives through you.” The Virgin gave him an alb to wear on her feast days. She warned him that no one else was to sit in his chair or to wear the garment. His successor, Archbishop Siagrio, put on the alb and was killed immediately.
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| Metrical data |
| Stanza: |
7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ |
Refrain: |
7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ |
| No. of Stanzas: |
6 |
| Rhyme scheme: |
ABAB | cdcdefefb |
Zejel: |
Yes |
| MS locations: |
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T2, E2, To2 |
| Poncelet reference |
| Archipraesul Toletanus / Hildefonsus fide sanus (117) |
| Keywords |
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alb, apparition, archbishop, heretic, Jews, procession, Saint Ildefonsus, Saint Leocadia, sermon, treachery, vengeance (divine), vestments, virginity |
| Discography |
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem |
| Miracle |
Collection |
| Hildefonsus |
Gonzalo de Berceo
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| Hildefonsus |
Pez
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| Hildefonsus |
Thott
(Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
| Hildefonsus |
Phillips
(Chicago, University of Chicago, Phillipps MS 25142) |
| Hildefonsus |
Vincent de Beauvais
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| Hildefonsus |
Gil de Zamora
(Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
| Hildefonsus |
Gil de Zamora
(Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
| Hildefonsus |
BL Mariale 3
(London, BL, Additional MS 35112, ff. 21-80; 90-94) |
| Hildefonsus |
Lisbon Mariale
(Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
| Hildefonsus |
John of Garland
|
| Hildefonsus |
Madrid Mariale
(Madrid, B.N., MS 110) |
| Hildefonsus |
Gautier de Coinci
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| Hildefonsus |
William of Malmesbury
|
| Hildefonsus |
BL Mariale 2
(London, BL, Arundel 346, ff. 60-73) |
| Hildefonsus |
Nigel of Canterbury
(London, BL, MS Cotton Vespasian D.xix) |
| Hildefonsus |
Miraculorum B. Mariae. libri III
(Reims 1400) |
| Toledo |
Jean Gobi
|
| Hildefonsus |
Jean Gobi
|
| Hildefonsus |
BL Mariale 4
(London, BL, Additional MS 15723, Collection 1, ff. 64v-69v) |
| Hildefonsus |
Bartholomew of Trent
(University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
| Hildefonsus |
Bartholomew of Trent
(University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
| Hildefonsus |
Pseudo-Caesarius
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| Hildefonsus |
Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin
(London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
| Hildefonsus |
Paris Mariale 1
(Paris Bibliothèque Nationale 14463) |
| Hildefonsus of Toledo |
BL Mariale 1
(Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
| Hildefonsus |
Paris Mariale 2
(Paris Bibliothèque Nationale 12593) |
| BITAGAP ID |
| 3719 |
| Bibliography |
Doctrina teológica y leyendas pías en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X, el Sabio
Alcalá, Ángel |
Antología
Alfonso X |
La notación mensural de la música monódica de la corte española del siglo XIII ofrece soluciones nuevas, hasta hoy totalmente desconocidas, para la interpretación estético-rítmica de las melodías de los trovadores
Anglés, Higinio |
Música Española
Anon |
The Jew in the Cántigas of Alfonso X, el Sabio
Bagby, Albert |
Un recull de miracles de Santa Maria, procedent de Ripoll, i les Cantigues d’Alfons el Savi
Baraut i Obiols, Cebrià |
Cantigas en versión para arpa de María Rosa Calvo- Manzano
Calvo- Manzano, María Rosa |
Il libro etiopico d ei miracoli di Maria e le sue fonti nelle letterature del Medio Evo latino
Cerulli, E. |
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 |
Representaciones marianas a través de la iconografía sobre San Ildefonso de Toledo
Fogelman, Patricia A. |
Los poetas del Guadiana a Alfonso el Sabio
Gonzalez Lara, José, director de publicación |
El arte mayor de Juan de Mena
Hanssen, Friedrich |
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 |
Seeing is Believing: The Miniatures in the Cantigas de Santa Maria and Medieval Devotional Practices
Kennedy, Kirstin |
Alfonso’s Miraculous Book: Patronage, Politics, and Performance in the ’Cantigas de Santa Maria’
Kennedy, Kirstin |
Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X el Sabio, rey de Castilla
López Serrano, Matilde |
La iconografía de Santa Leocadia de Toledo
López Torrijos, Rosa |
Las Cantigas de Santa Maria del Rey Alfonso el Sabio
Martínez Molina, Laura |
O Livro dos Milagres da Bem-aventurada Virgem Maria
Martins, Mário |
El altar de San Ildefonso (Granada, s. XVII): aparición de Santa Leocadia y disputa con los herejes, permanencia de una tradición iconográfica que se remonta al siglo XIII (Lámina II, del cód. T11, Cantigas de Santa María, núm. 2
Montoya Martínez, Jesús |
Milagres Medievais numa colectânea mariana alcobacense. Edição crítica, tradução e estudo
Nascimento, Aries Augusto, ed. |
Crestomatia arcaica: excertos da literatura portuguesa, desde o que mais antigo se conhece até ao século XVI
Nunes, José Joaquim |
Art of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain
Patton, Pamela A. |
San Ildefonso de Toledo: otro esbozo de textos medievales y barrocos
Ratcliffe, Marjorie |
Textos de literatura portuguesa. I: Afonso X, o Sábio
Rodrigues Lapa, Manuel |
Biblioteca española
Rodríguez de Castro, D. Joseph |
Alfonso X, el rey sabio ¿tolerante con la minoría judía? Una lectura emblemática de las Cantigas de Santa Maria
Roitman, Gisela |
Clues to the authorship of the Cantigas de Santa Maria from the Toledo manuscript
Snow, Joseph |
Historia de la música española desde la venida de los Fenicios hasta el año 1850
Soriano Fuertes, Mariano |
Copistas, cancioneros, editores. Tres problemas para a lírica galega medieval
Tavani, Giuseppe |
Os judeus na Espanha do século XIII, segundo as Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X o Sábio
Teensma, B. N. |
A Selected and Annotated Discography of Recordings of Music from the Middle Ages in Spain
Tinnell, Roger D. |
