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CSM Number : 41 | |||
Short name: | Garin the Moneychanger | Alternative: | A rich madman of Douai (Soissons) |
Incipit: | A Virgen, Madre de Nostro Sennor | ||
Refrain: | A Virgen, Madre de Nostro Sennor/ ben pode dar seu siso/ ao sandeu, pois ao pecador/ faz aver Parayso. | ||
Summary of narrative | |||
Setting: | Soissons | Protagonist(s): | Garin, a moneychanger |
There was a moneychanger named Garin. The devil scared him out of his wits. He went mad. The Virgin restored Garin’s senses. The Virgin gave him Paradise. The narrator praises the Virgin’s mercy. |
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Metrical data | |||
Stanza: | 10 10 10 10 10 6' 10 6' | Refrain: | 10 6' 10 6' |
No. of Stanzas: | 3 | ||
Rhyme scheme: | ABAB | aAaAabab | Zejel: | |
MS locations: | |||
T41, E41, To44 | |||
Poncelet reference | |||
Praeterea ex castro quod dicitur Doacus versus pagum (1231) | |||
Keywords | |||
devils, madness, moneychanger, simpleton | |||
Discography | |||
Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
Miracle | Collection | ||
A rich madman of Douai (Soissons) | Hugo Farsitus |
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A rich madman of Douai (Soissons) | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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A rich madman of Douai (Soissons) | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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BITAGAP ID | |||
3758 | |||
Bibliography | |||
Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | |||
Historia de la literatura murciana Díez de Revenga, F. F. & M. de Paco | |||
El planto en la historia y en la literatura gallega Filgueira Valverde, José | |||
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 | |||
Aberturas e finais: rubricas, refrães, estrofes iniciais e estrofes terminais nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen |