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CSM Number : 415
Short name:	The Feast of the Annunciation (25 March)	Alternative:	The Annunciation
Incipit:	Tan bẽeita foi a saudaçon
Refrain:	Tan bẽeita foi a saudaçon/ per que nos vẽemos a salvaçon.
Summary of narrative
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Setting:		Protagonist(s):
Metrical data
Stanza:	10 10 10 10	Refrain:	10 10
No. of Stanzas:	6
Rhyme scheme:	AA | bbba	Zejel:	Yes
MS locations:
EFestas 05, ToFSM 002
Poncelet reference
None
Keywords
Annunciation (feast of)
Discography
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BITAGAP ID
3867
Bibliography
La música de las Cantigas de Santa María del rey Alfonso el Sabio. Facsímil, transcripción y estudio crítico vol. III Anglés, Higinio
The Jew in the Cántigas of Alfonso X, el Sabio Bagby, Albert
The Medieval Fate of the Cantigas de Santa Maria: Iberian Politics Meets Song Ferreira, Manuel Pedro
Reflexiones sobre las “Cantigas de Santa María” y su relación con otros mariales romances Fidalgo Francisco, Elvira
Alfonso X the Learned. Cantigas de Santa Maria. An Anthology Parkinson, Stephen
Os judeus na Espanha do século XIII, segundo as Cantigas de Santa Maria de Alfonso X o Sábio Teensma, B. N.