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| CSM Number : 302 | ||||
| Short name: | The Pickpocket at Montserrat | |||
| Incipit: | A madre de Jesucristo/ que é Sennor de nobrezas | |||
| Refrain: | A madre de Jesucristo/ que é Sennor de nobrezas/ non sofre que en sa casa/ façan furtos nen vilezas. | |||
| Summary of narrative | ||||
| Setting: | Montserrat | Protagonist(s): | pilgrims to Montserrat | |
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Some pilgrims were travelling to Montserrat. One man befriended another. When night fell, he stole money from his new friend’s purse. In the morning, the pilgrims, having spent the night in the church, heard mass and departed. The thief could not leave until he confessed his sin. He returned the money. |
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| Metrical data | ||||
| Stanza: | 15' 15' 15' 15' | Refrain: | 15' 15' | |
| No. of Stanzas: | 5 | |||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes | |
| MS locations: | ||||
| F84, E302 | ||||
| Poncelet reference | ||||
| None | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| alms, confession (see also repentance), exit (barred), greed, mass, pickpocket, pilgrimage, repentance (see also confession), thief/ thieves | ||||
| Discography | ||||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | ||||
| BITAGAP ID | ||||
| 4057 | ||||
| Bibliography | ||||
| Les cantigues Montserratines del rei Alfonso el Savi i la seva importància musical Anglés, Higinio | ||||
| Les Cantigues d’Alfons el Savi i el primitiu Liber Miraculorum de Nostra Dona de Montserrat Baraut i Obiols, Cebrià | ||||
| Historia de la Música Della Corte, A., and G. Pannain | ||||
| Poesía de santuarios Filgueira Valverde, José | ||||
| Paralelismo discursivo de los delitos de hurto y robo en las Siete Partidas y Las Cantigas de Santa Maria’ Igkesias, Yolanda, and David Navarro | ||||
| Cantigues de Montserrat del rei Anfós X, dit ’el savi’ Sunyol, Gregori Maria | ||||
| A Selected and Annotated Discography of Recordings of Music from the Middle Ages in Spain Tinnell, Roger D. | ||||
| Les Cantigues de Montserrat d'Alfons el Savi Ventura, Joaquim | ||||