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| CSM Number : 246 | |||
| Short name: | The Woman who could not Enter a Church | Alternative: | Woman cannot enter church |
| Incipit: | A que as portas do ceo | abriu pera nos salvar | ||
| Refrain: | A que as portas do ceo | abriu pera nos salvar/ poder á nas deste mundo | de as abrir e serrar. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Alcázar [de San Juan, in Ciudad Real] | Protagonist(s): | a devout woman |
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Every Saturday, a woman from Alcázar went to church to say her prayers and make an offering to the Virgin. One Saturday she was preoccupied with domestic chores and forgot to do this. In the evening, the woman remembered and, although it was late, she set off for the church. The church was quite far outside the city and when the woman arrived, she found that the doors were locked. Weeping, she began to say her prayers outside. When she had finished, she saw, to her amazement, that the doors were open. After she had entered and placed her offering on the altar, the doors swung shut behind her. Feeling frightened, she hurried back to the city, but could not enter it because the gates were shut. She prayed to the Virgin who opened them at once. Then a beautiful lady took her by the hand and led her home. She was very pleased, and asked the woman who she was. The woman told her that she was the Virgin and then disappeared. |
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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: | 10 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | |
| MS locations: | |||
| F1, E246 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| altar, apparition, doors (opening of) , entrance (barred), gate, offerings, Saint Denis, Saturday (devoted to Virgin Mary) | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3996 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| La música de las Cantigas de Santa María del rey Alfonso el Sabio. Facsímil, transcripción y estudio crítico vol. III Anglés, Higinio | |||
| Entre Ave y Eva: las mujeres de las Cantigas de Santa María. II. Las trabajadoras. III. Las Evas Fidalgo, Elvira | |||
| Los alejandrinos de Alfonso X Hanssen, Friedrich | |||
| Alfonso X the Learned. Cantigas de Santa Maria. An Anthology Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Aberturas e finais: rubricas, refrães, estrofes iniciais e estrofes terminais nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria, Afonso X, Alcácer do sal, Santuário de Santa Maria dos Mártires, Senhora da Cinta Pereira, Teresa Lopes | |||
| El códice florentino de las ’Cantigas’ y su relación con los demás manuscritos Solalinde, Antonio G. | |||