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| CSM Number : 324 | |||
| Short name: | The Statue that Cured a Mute | Alternative: | Alfonso X's statue cures mute |
| Incipit: | A Sennor que mui ben soube/ per sa lingua responder | ||
| Refrain: | A Sennor que mui ben soube/ per sa lingua responder/ a Gabriel, mui ben pode/ lingua muda correger. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Seville | Protagonist(s): | a mute man and a king [Alfonso X] |
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In Seville there was a very beautiful statue of the Virgin. The king had brought it there and it worked many miracles. He and the people had great reverence for it and often went to see it. One time, on the Feast of the Virgin’s Nativity, the king heard mass in the great cathedral. After mass had ended, the people begged him to bring out the statue. He agreed to let them see it because he loved the place and had buried his parents there. He went to his chapel and took the statue to them in a great procession, praising the Virgin. As soon as the statue arrived at the church, a man, who had not uttered a word for two years, started to speak. He attributed his cure to the Virgin and raised his hands toward heaven. The king and all the people praised the Virgin because she performed such a beautiful miracle in their presence. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 15 15 15 15 | Refrain: | 15 15 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 10 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| F23, E324 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| cathedral, chapel (in castle), deaf-mute, feast day, image (of Virgin Mary), king, mass, Nativity of the Virgin (feast of), procession, sign language | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 4078 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Cantigas del Rey Sabio Anon | |||
| Memorias históricas del rei don Alonso el Sabio, i observaciones a su chronica Ibañez de Segovia, Gaspar, (Marqués de Mondéjar) | |||
| Alfonso’s Miraculous Book: Patronage, Politics, and Performance in the ’Cantigas de Santa Maria’ Kennedy, Kirstin | |||
| Annales eclesiásticos y seculares de la muy noble y muy leal ciudad de Sevilla Ortiz de Zúñiga, Diego | |||
| Alfonso X of Castile: Patron of Literature and Learning Procter, Evelyn S. | |||
| La composición de las Cantigas de Santa Maria: una estrategia métrico-melódica, una estrategia poética Rossell, Antoni | |||
| Tres ensayos sobre el arte en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso el Sabio Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier | |||