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| CSM Number : 288 | ||||
| Short name: | St Dunstan and the Virgin’s Choir | |||
| Incipit: | A madre de Jesucristo/ vedes a quen aparece | |||
| Refrain: | A madre de Jesucristo/ vedes a quen aparece/ a quen o ben de seu Fillo/ e dela aver merece. | |||
| Summary of narrative | ||||
| Setting: | the Monastery of St Augustine, Canterbury | Protagonist(s): | a monk [identified in other versions as St Dunstan] | |
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A monk, a native of the fertile region of Canterbury, lived a virtuous life and served the Virgin with enthusiasm. One time, while he was visiting the tomb in which St Augustine lies, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the Virgin’s chapel. As he lay there, the Virgin appeared, accompanied by many saints, singing songs about her virtues. They also sang a verse about the martyrs who are honoured in heaven. The virgins sang together beautifully, and one encouraged the others, exhorting them to sing well before the Virgin whose beauty outshines the sun. The monk witnessed this and gave thanks to God and his mother. He had always lived an exemplary life, but he lived an even better one thereafter and died at a ripe old age. |
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| Metrical data | ||||
| Stanza: | 15' 15' 15' 15' | Refrain: | 15' 15' | |
| No. of Stanzas: | 8 | |||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes | |
| MS locations: | ||||
| F19, E288 | ||||
| Poncelet reference | ||||
| Alio item tempore praefata pastorum ecclesiae limina simili (45) | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| apparition, monks, Saint Augustine, Saints (other), singing, song, soul, vigil, vision | ||||
| Discography | ||||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | ||||
| Miracle | Collection | |||
| St. Dunstan | Pez |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Vincent de Beauvais |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| St. Dunstan | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Legenda Aurea (Voragine) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | William of Malmesbury |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Adgar (London, BL, Egerton 612) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Nigel of Canterbury (London, BL, MS Cotton Vespasian D.xix) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Mariale Magnum (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale lat 3177) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Miraculorum B. Mariae. libri III (Reims 1400) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | BL Mariale 5 (London, BL, Additional MS 15723, Collection 2, ff. 70-92) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| St. Dunstan | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Jean Mielot, Miracles de Nostre Dame (Oxford, Bodleian, Douce MS 374) |
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| St. Dunstan and the Virgin's Choir | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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| BITAGAP ID | ||||
| 4040 | ||||
| Bibliography | ||||
| Viejos, viejas y alcahuetas. Consideraciones acerca de la vejez en las Cantigas de Santa María Fidalgo, Elvira | ||||
| San Dunstán, arzobispo de Cantorbery, en una cantiga del Rey D. Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | ||||
| Treinta leyendas por Gil de Zamora Fita, Fidel | ||||
| CSM 288: Some Musical Implications Lawson, Wendy | ||||