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| CSM Number : 28 | |||
| Short name: | The Siege of Constantinople | Alternative: | Siege of Constantinople [mantle as shield] |
| Incipit: | Todo logar mui ben pode/ seer defendudo | ||
| Refrain: | Todo logar mui ben pode/ seer defendudo/ o que a Santa Maria / á por seu escudo. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Constantinople | Protagonist(s): | St Germanos and the citizens of Constantinople |
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When Constantinople was in Christian hands, a pagan king laid siege to it. The Patriarch Germanos prayed to the Virgin to save the people from “that insolent Moor.” He asked the women of Constantinople to burn candles before the statue of the Virgin. The sultan had catapults erected and ordered his archers to shoot. The wall of the city was breached. The Virgin descended with a company of saints and spread out her mantle to deflect the blows. God caused the Christian defenders to kill their opponents. The sultan, believing his men were deserting, called on Mohammed. When he looked up to heaven he saw the Virgin with her mantle defending the city. He ceased to attack and entered the city incognito. He told Germanos that he had been inspired by his vision of the Virgin and that he wished to become a Christian and to be baptised secretly. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 7 6’ 7 6’ 7 6’ 7 6’ | Refrain: | 13’ [7’ 5’] 13’ [7’ 5’] |
| No. of Stanzas: | 15 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bcbcdada | Zejel: | |
| MS locations: | |||
| T28, E28, To27 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| Constantinopolitanam / ad urbem gentum profanum (216) | |||
| Keywords | |||
| apparition, baptism, candle, catapult, conversion, image (of Virgin Mary), king, mantle (of Virgin Mary), Muhammad, Muslims/Moors, pagan, Patriarch, Saint Germanos, siege, sultan, veil, warfare | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| Miracle | Collection | ||
| Siege of Constantinople [mantle as shield] | Gautier de Coinci |
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| Siege of Constantinople [mantle as shield] | Mariale Magnum (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale lat 3177) |
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| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3745 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| 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 | |||
| Some Characterizations of the Moor in Alfonso X’s Cantigas Bagby, Albert | |||
| Imágenes de la Virgen en los códices medievales de España Delclaux, Federico | |||
| Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | |||
| Tres cantigas de Alphonse X/Trois cantilenes d’Alphonse X, version française de Henri Collet, musique de Antonio José Donostia, Antonio José de | |||
| Tres Cantigas de Alfonso X (Antonio-José) Donostia, Padre J. A. | |||
| Cantigas armonizadas y adaptadas al órgano por Jesús Guridi Guridi, Jesús | |||
| Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | |||
| Cantigas de Alfonso X, el Sabio Moreno Galván, José M. | |||
| La gaita y la cornamusa en Galicia y Francia Novoa Gonzalez, María del Carmen | |||
| Cantiga LXI de Alfonso el Sabio Pedrell, Felipe | |||
| Seis cantigas, transcriptas y harmonizadas con acompañamiento de órgano o harmonio. Textos originales y versiones en castellano Pedrell, Felipe | |||
| Cancionero musical popular español Pedrell, Felipe | |||
| Cuatro cantigas. XXVIII. LX. LXI. LXV. Pedrell, Felipe | |||
| Historia de la música española desde la venida de los Fenicios hasta el año 1850 Soriano Fuertes, Mariano | |||