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CSM Number : 405 | |||
Short name: | The Image of the Virgin that was Unveiled Each Saturday | Alternative: | Saturday |
Incipit: | De muitas guisas mostrar | ||
Refrain: | De muitas guisas mostrar/ xe nos quer Santa Maria/ por xe nos fazer amar. | ||
Summary of narrative | |||
Setting: | Church of Luzerna, Constantinople | Protagonist(s): | the citizens of Constantinople |
In the Church of Luzerna in Constantinople, there is an immeasurably beautiful image of the Virgin. All year, a cloth hangs in front of it to protect it from dust and harm. Every Friday, however, the cloth slowly rises and people come to venerate the image. People say that an angel comes from heaven to raise the veil and suspend it in the air. All day and night, on Saturday, people go there on pilgrimage and priests assemble to sing the hours. When they see the image uncovered, they make great offerings there and praise the peerless Virgin. When Saturday has ended, the angel lowers the cloth. |
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Metrical data | |||
Stanza: | 7' 7' 7' 7 | Refrain: | 7 7' 7 |
No. of Stanzas: | 12 | ||
Rhyme scheme: | ABA | ccca | Zejel: | Yes |
MS locations: | |||
To79 | |||
Poncelet reference | |||
Apud Cpolim, ut in scriptis patrum legitur, quaedam est (104) | |||
Keywords | |||
angels, image (of Virgin Mary), pilgrimage, Saturday (devoted to Virgin Mary), tears, veil, cloth, canonical hours | |||
Discography | |||
Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
Miracle | Collection | ||
Saturday | Pez |
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Saturday | John of Garland |
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Saturday | Gautier de Coinci |
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Saturday | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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Saturday | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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BITAGAP ID | |||
3850 | |||
Bibliography | |||
La música de las Cantigas de Santa María del rey Alfonso el Sabio. Facsímil, transcripción y estudio crítico vol. III Anglés, Higinio | |||
Un recull de miracles de Santa Maria, procedent de Ripoll, i les Cantigues d’Alfons el Savi Baraut i Obiols, Cebrià | |||
La cultura monástica en las Cantigas de Santa María de Alfonso X: pervivencia, adopción y reelaboración Disalvo, Santiago | |||
El arte mayor de Juan de Mena Hanssen, Friedrich | |||
A estructura métrica de algunas das Cantigas de Santa Maria Montero Santalha, José-Martinho | |||
Aberturas e finais: rubricas, refrães, estrofes iniciais e estrofes terminais nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen |