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| CSM Number : 26 | |||
| Short name: | The Pilgrim to Santiago | Alternative: | Pilgrim of St. James |
| Incipit: | Non é gran cousa se sabe | bon joizo dar | ||
| Refrain: | Non é gran cousa se sabe | bon joizo dar/ a madre do que o mundo/ tod’ á de joigar. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | On the way to Santiago de Compostela | Protagonist(s): | a pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela |
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A man made an annual pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. One time, before setting off, he spent the night with a prostitute and left on his journey without confessing his sins. The devil, appeared to him “whiter then ermine” / “mais branco que un armyo” in the guise of St James. He commanded him to cut off his penis and to slit his throat. The pilgrim did as he was told and was found dead by his companions. They ran away so they would not be accused of murdering him. Demons came to carry away the pilgrim’s soul. As they were bearing it aloft, they passed a chapel dedicated to St Peter, and St James rushed out and accused them of winning the soul deceitfully. The demons protested that the pilgrim had committed evil deeds and committed suicide. St James suggested the Virgin settle the dispute over the soul. Mary ordered the soul to be returned to the pilgrim’s body and he was revived. However, his member was not restored. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 10’ 10’ 13 [7’ 5] 14 [7’ 6] | Refrain: | 13 [7’ 5] 14 [7’ 6] |
| No. of Stanzas: | 14 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbaa | Zejel: | Yes |
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| T26, E26, To24 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| Ad sanctum tendens Iacobum / vir hostem vidit reprobum (30) | |||
| Keywords | |||
| castration, devils, genitals, impersonation, penis, pilgrimage, prostitute, resurrection, Saint James, Saint Peter, soul, suicide, throat (cut) | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| Miracle | Collection | ||
| Pilgrim of St. James | Pez |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Thott (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Phillips (Chicago, University of Chicago, Phillipps MS 25142) |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| The Pilgrim of St James | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | John of Garland |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Gonzalo de Berceo |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Madrid Mariale (Madrid, B.N., MS 110) |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Gautier de Coinci |
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| The Pilgrim of St James | William of Malmesbury |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | BL Mariale 2 (London, BL, Arundel 346, ff. 60-73) |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| The Pilgrim of St James | Pseudo-Caesarius |
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| Pilgrim of St. James | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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| The Pilgrim of St James | BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
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| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3743 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria do rei don Alfonso Alfonso X , o Sábio | |||
| Santiago y maria: el milagro del peregrino engañado por el diablo Brea, Mercedes | |||
| Un gran milagro y sus versiones en las colecciones iberorrománicas de los Milagros de Santiago Brea, Mercedes | |||
| Il libro etiopico d ei miracoli di Maria e le sue fonti nelle letterature del Medio Evo latino Cerulli, E. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Imagen e intención. La representación de Santiago Apóstol en los manuscritos de las Cantigas de Santa Maria Fernández Fernández, Laura | |||
| Afonso X e Galicia, e unha escolma de cantigas Filgueira Valverde, José | |||
| Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | |||
| Compostela y los trovadores García-Sabell Tormo, Teresa | |||
| Detour and Disruption of the Pilgrimage to Santiago in Cantiga XXVI of the Cantigas de Santa María Gardner, John. | |||
| A retórica visual no Códice Rico das Cantigas de Santa María Iacob, Mihai | |||
| Confession in the Cantigas de Santa Maria MacKay, Angus, & Geraldine McKendrick | |||
| Viajeros y Peregrinos en las Cantigas de Santa Maria Manzi, Ofelia, & Francisco Corti | |||
| Itinéraire espagnol du conte médiéval (VIIIs-XVs) Marsan, Rameline E. | |||
| Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | |||
| Afonso X e as Cantigas de Santa Maria localizadas en Galicia Negri, Manuel | |||
| Alfonso X the Learned. Cantigas de Santa Maria. An Anthology Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| La pecadora penitente en el teatro español: Sus fuentes y evolución Sánchez Castañer y Mena, Francisco | |||
| A Selected and Annotated Discography of Recordings of Music from the Middle Ages in Spain Tinnell, Roger D. | |||
| Historia de la literatura gallega. Varela Jácome, Benito | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria de Afonso X, O Sábio: aspectos culturais e literários Vaz Leão, Angela | |||