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| CSM Number : 39 | ||||
| Short name: | The Fire at Mont Saint-Michel | |||
| Incipit: | Torto seria grand’ e desmesura | |||
| Refrain: | Torto seria grand’ e desmesura/ de prender mal da Virgen sa figura. | |||
| Summary of narrative | ||||
| Setting: | San Miguel de Tomba [Mont St Michel] | Protagonist(s): | This miracle lacks human agents | |
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One night, lighting struck the monastery of Mont St Michel, which sits on the crest of a rock. Everything in the church was destroyed, but the fire did not burn the statue of the Virgin. Not even smoke or heat touched the statue, and the veil it was wearing was not scorched. In a similar manner, the Virgin protected with her garment “the Hebrew in the furnace” / “come o ebreo guardou no forno con ssa vestidura.” All of the people were amazed that the veil was intact and the paint on the statue was not damaged. Rather, the statue seemed to have been bathed in rose water and it emitted that fragrance. |
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| Metrical data | ||||
| Stanza: | 10' 10' 10' 10' | Refrain: | 10' 10' | |
| No. of Stanzas: | 7 | |||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | ||
| MS locations: | ||||
| T39, E39, To43 | ||||
| Poncelet reference | ||||
| Altera cella tibi, Michael, adscribitur, in qua Servorum (70) | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| fire, image (of Virgin Mary), Jews, lightning, monastery, Saint Michael, veil | ||||
| Discography | ||||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | ||||
| Miracle | Collection | |||
| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Pez |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Thott (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Phillips (Chicago, University of Chicago, Phillipps MS 25142) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | BL Mariale 3 (London, BL, Additional MS 35112, ff. 21-80; 90-94) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | John of Garland |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Gonzalo de Berceo |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Madrid Mariale (Madrid, B.N., MS 110) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | BL Mariale 2 (London, BL, Arundel 346, ff. 60-73) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Johannes Herolt |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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| Fire at Mont St. Michel | BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
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| BITAGAP ID | ||||
| 3756 | ||||
| Bibliography | ||||
| ’La Arquitectura desde la Miniatura’, una aproximación desde la Baja Edad Media castellana Chico Picaza, María Victoria | ||||
| Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | ||||
| Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | ||||
| Los endecasílabos de Alfonso X: Estudio sobre las Cantigas Hanssen, Friedrich | ||||
| Zwei Wörter aus den Cantigas de Santa María Mettmann, Walter | ||||