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CSM Number : 349
Short name: The Statue that Healed the Sick Alternative: King's statue cures the sick
Incipit: Muito praz aa Virgen santa
Refrain: Muito praz aa Virgen santa/ que Deus fillou por parenta/ de quen ll’ as saudações/ de Don Gabriel ementa.
Summary of narrative
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Setting: unspecified Protagonist(s): a statue of the Virgin [almost certainly owned by Alfonso X]

A king had a very beautiful statue of the Virgin; no other could compare.

The statue performed many miracles of healing.

People travelled long distances to be cured by it.

Whenever the Ave Maria was recited in front of the statue, its healing powers doubled.

The statue cured forty sick people within a few days.

Everyone praised the Virgin.

Metrical data
Stanza: 15' 15' 15' 15' Refrain: 15' 15'
No. of Stanzas: 7
Rhyme scheme: AA | bbba Zejel: Yes
MS locations:
E349, E387
Poncelet reference
None
Keywords
angels, Ave Maria (saying of), chapel (in castle), image (of Virgin Mary), king
Discography
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BITAGAP ID
4102
Bibliography
Inside the virelai: a survey of musical structures in the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Campbell, Alison
Tres ensayos sobre el arte en las Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso el Sabio
Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier