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| CSM Number : 36 | ||||
| Short name: | The Light on the Masthead | |||
| Incipit: | Muit’ amar devemos | |||
| Refrain: | Muit’ amar devemos en nossas voontades/ a Sennor, que coitas nos toll’ e tempestades. | |||
| Summary of narrative | ||||
| Setting: | On the way to Britain | Protagonist(s): | various men and an abbot travelling by ship | |
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Some men were travelling to Britain on a ship. The vessel was struck by a storm. They began to call on various saints to save them. A holy abbot, on board the ship, advised them to call instead on the Virgin. They did so, and saw a bright light glowing at the top of the mast. When the light appeared, the wind was stilled and the ship soon arrived at port. |
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| Metrical data | ||||
| Stanza: | 14' 14' 14' 14' | Refrain: | 12' 12' | |
| No. of Stanzas: | 7 | |||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | ||
| MS locations: | ||||
| T36, E36, To37 | ||||
| Poncelet reference | ||||
| Abbas quidam aliquando in medio maris britannici nimia cum (1) | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| abbot, apparition, light (celestial), mast, Saints (other), shipwreck, storm | ||||
| Discography | ||||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | ||||
| Miracle | Collection | |||
| Light on the Masthead | Pez |
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| Light on the Masthead | Thott (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Vincent de Beauvais |
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| Light on the Masthead | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Gautier de Coinci |
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| Light on the Masthead | Mariale Magnum (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale lat 3177) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Miraculorum B. Mariae. libri III (Reims 1400) |
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| Light on the Masthead | BL Mariale 5 (London, BL, Additional MS 15723, Collection 2, ff. 70-92) |
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| Light on Masthead | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Jean Mielot, Miracles de Nostre Dame (Oxford, Bodleian, Douce MS 374) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Johannes Herolt |
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| Light on the Masthead | Pseudo-Caesarius |
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| Light on Masthead | Cornell Mariale (Cornell, MS B.14) |
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| Light on the Masthead | Li Miracoli de Senta Maria |
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| BITAGAP ID | ||||
| 3753 | ||||
| Bibliography | ||||
| Catálogo musical de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid Anglés, Higinio, and José Subirá | ||||
| Mecanismos de envolvimento da instância autoral nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Bittencourt, Vanda de Oliveira | ||||
| Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | ||||
| Variantes de tres leyendas por Gil de Zamora Fita, Fidel | ||||
| Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | ||||
| Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | ||||
| Aberturas e finais: rubricas, refrães, estrofes iniciais e estrofes terminais nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen | ||||
| The Restless Sea: Storm, Shipwreck and the Mediterranean,c.1000–1700 Remensnyder, Amy G. | ||||
| An Anthology of Old Portuguese Roberts, Kimberley S. | ||||
| Textos de literatura portuguesa. I: Afonso X, o Sábio Rodrigues Lapa, Manuel | ||||
| A Selected and Annotated Discography of Recordings of Music from the Middle Ages in Spain Tinnell, Roger D. | ||||