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CSM Number : 375
Short name: The Scribe whose Horse was Healed Alternative: Scribe's horse is healed
Incipit: En todo nos faz mercee
Refrain: En todo nos faz mercee/ a Sennor que todo vee.
Summary of narrative
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Setting: Seville Protagonist(s): Bonamic, a scribe of the King [Alfonso X]

Bonamic, a scribe of the king, had a horse that lay dying.

He was very upset.

He vowed that if Santa Maria do Porto would cure his horse, he would give her a wax one.

The horse seemed to be dead and beyond hope.

The Virgin, however, caused it to recover.

The horse got up right away and ate a lot of barley.

Metrical data
Stanza: 7’ 7’ 7’ 7’ Refrain: 7’ 7’
No. of Stanzas: 10
Rhyme scheme: AA | bbba Zejel:
MS locations:
E375
Poncelet reference
None
Keywords
barley, ex-voto, horse, scribe, king
Discography
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BITAGAP ID
4126
Bibliography
Poesía de santuarios
Filgueira Valverde, José
Las Cantigas CCCLXXV y CCCLVII [sic] de Alfonso el Sabio. Anotaciones históricas, filológicas y artísticas
Hernández Serna, Joaquín
Los orígenes del culto de Santa María del Puerto, 1255-1500
Hisan, Pedro (pseud.) [ = Sancho de Sopranís, Hipólito]
Alfonso X y las Cantigas a Santa Maria
Martínez Alfonso, Manuel
La cultura murciana en el reinado de Alfonso X
Torres Fontes, Juan
La cultura murciana en el reinado de Alfonso X
Torres Fontes, Juan