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CSM Number : 3 |
Short name: |
Theophilus |
Incipit: |
Mais nos faz Santa Maria/ a seu fillo perdõar |
Refrain: |
Mais nos faz Santa Maria/ a seu fillo perdõar/ que nos per nossa folia/ ll’ imos falir e errar. |
Summary of narrative |
Setting: |
unspecified |
Protagonist(s): |
Theophilus |
The narrator explains that Adam, who sinned by tasting the apple, was saved by the intercession of the Virgin. She asked her Son to rescue Adam from hell. A man named Theophilus made a pact with the devil in order to gain power. The devil made Theophilus sign a charter, deny the Virgin, and declare that he did not believe in God. After Theophilus had made the pact, he served the devil for a while. Then he repented, weeping in front of a statue of the Virgin and begging her pardon. The Virgin made the devil fetch the charter. The Virgin returned the charter to Theophilus.
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Metrical data |
Stanza: |
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
Refrain: |
7’ 7 7’ 7 |
No. of Stanzas: |
5 |
Rhyme scheme: |
ABAB | cdcdcdcb |
Zejel: |
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MS locations: |
T3, E3, To3 |
Poncelet reference |
Anno Dñi 553 (al. 536, al. 538) Theophilus in quadam urbe (74) |
Keywords |
apparition, blasphemy, charter, confession (see also repentance), contract, image (of Virgin Mary), Jews, pact, treason, vassal (of devil) |
Discography |
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Miracle |
Collection |
Theophilus |
Vincent de Beauvais
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Theophilus |
John of Garland
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Theophilus |
Legenda Aurea (Voragine)
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Theophilus |
Gonzalo de Berceo
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Theophilus |
Gautier de Coinci
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Theophilus |
William of Malmesbury
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Theophilus |
Adgar (London, BL, Egerton 612) |
Theophilus |
Nigel of Canterbury (London, BL, MS Cotton Vespasian D.xix) |
Theophilus |
Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
Theophilus |
Johannes Herolt
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Theophilus |
Dominic of Evesham (Oxford, Balliol College, MS 240, ff. 137-148) |
Theophilus |
Cornell Mariale (Cornell, MS B.14) |
Theophilus |
Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
Theophilus |
Paris Mariale 1 (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale 14463) |
Theophilus |
BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
Theophilus |
BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
BITAGAP ID |
3720 |
Bibliography |
Cantigas de Santa Maria do rei don Alfonso Alfonso X , o Sábio |
El milagro de Teófilo. Texto dramático y texto narrativo Brea, Mercedes |
Los clérigos, las ’cantigas’ y las ’Siete Partidas’ Cash, Annette Grant |
A Paleographic Edition of the Alfonsine Collection of Prose Miracles of the Virgin Chatham, James R. |
The Alfonsine Prose Theophilus Legend: A Reading Text Chatham, James R. |
Imágenes de la Virgen en los códices medievales de España Delclaux, Federico |
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 |
Algunas notas sobre la presencia de elementos tipológicos o figurativos en los ’Milagros’ de Gonzalo de Berceo y en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X Disalvo, Santiago |
De amor y de burlas. Antología de la poesía medieval gallego-portugués Fidalgo, Elvira |
Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel |
Imágenes vivientes: idolatría y herejía en las Cantigas de Alfonso X García Avilés, Alejandro |
Anthologie der geistigen kultur auf der Pyraenhalbinsel (mittelalter) Giese, Wilhelm |
Anti-Semitism in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Hatton, Vikki, and Angus MacKay |
A retórica visual no Códice Rico das Cantigas de Santa María Iacob, Mihai |
The Influence of the Theophilus Legend: An Overlooked Miniature in Alfonso X’s Cantigas de Santa Maria and its Wider Context Jackson, Deirdre Elizabeth |
Las traducciones castellanas de las Cantigas de Santa María Keller, John E. and Robert W. Linker |
Verbalization and Visualization in the Cantigas de Santa María Keller, John Esten |
A Feasible Source of the Denouements of the Exemplos in El Conde Lucanor Keller, John Esten |
Itinéraire espagnol du conte médiéval (VIIIs-XVs) Marsan, Rameline E. |
O Livro dos Milagres da Bem-aventurada Virgem Maria Martins, Mário |
Cantigas de Santa Maria e cancioneiros galaico-portugueses Martins, Mário |
O pacto com o demónio em fontes medievais portuguesas: Teófilo e Fr. Gil de Santarém Nascimento, Aires Augusto |
Milagres Medievais numa colectânea mariana alcobacense. Edição crítica, tradução e estudo Nascimento, Aries Augusto, ed. |
Discourses of Judaizing and Judaism in Medieval Spain Nirenberg, David |
Art of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain Patton, Pamela A. |
Constructing the Inimical Jew in the Cantigas de Santa Maria: Theophilus' Magician in Text and Image Patton, Pamela A. |
Os afazeres do demónio nas Cantigas de Santa Maria de Afonso X Rodrigues, Maria Idalina Resina |
La dialéctica texto-imagen. A propósito de la representación del judío en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X Rodríguez Barral, Paulino |
Alfonso X, el rey sabio ¿tolerante con la minoría judía? Una lectura emblemática de las Cantigas de Santa Maria Roitman, Gisela |
La Virgin como personaje dramático en Le miracle de Théophile de Rutebeuf Ruiz Álvarez, Rafael |
Las Cantigas del Rey Sabio Valera, Juan |