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CSM Number : 58 | |||
Short name: | The Nun who was Shown the Mouth of Hell | Alternative: | Mouth of Hell Shown to Nun |
Incipit: | De muitas guisas nos guarda de mal | ||
Refrain: | De muitas guisas nos guarda de mal/ Santa Maria, tan muit’ é leal | ||
Summary of narrative | |||
Setting: | unspecified | Protagonist(s): | a nun |
A nun was very devoted to the Virgin. Nevertheless, the devil tempted her to fall in love with a knight. The nun decided to run away with him. After agreeing to elope with the knight, the nun fell asleep and had a vision. The devil led her to a chasm and tried to throw her in. She saw throngs of people being tormented in hell. The nun prayed to the Virgin to deliver her. Mary appeared and scolded her, telling her to call instead on the knight. The devil pulled the nun into the pit, but the Virgin rescued her. When she awoke, the nun resolved stay at the convent for her entire life and told the knight to go away. |
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Metrical data | |||
Stanza: | 10 10 10 10 | Refrain: | 10 10 |
No. of Stanzas: | 15 | ||
Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
MS locations: | |||
T58, E58, To73 | |||
Poncelet reference | |||
Fuit quaedam monialis pulchra et levis corde, quae propulsata (607) | |||
Keywords | |||
apparition, convent, devils, elope, hell, knight, nun, vision | |||
Discography | |||
Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
Miracle | Collection | ||
Nun Tempted to Elope [sees pit of serpents] | BL Mariale 3 (London, BL, Additional MS 35112, ff. 21-80; 90-94) |
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Mouth of Hell Shown to Nun | John of Garland |
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Mouth of Hell Shown to Nun | Gautier de Coinci |
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Nun Tempted to Elope [sees pit of serpents] | Mariale Magnum (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale lat 3177) |
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BITAGAP ID | |||
3775 | |||
Bibliography | |||
La fama del santuario de Salas en lo antiguo Arco, Ricardo del | |||
Una cantiga célebre del Rey Sabio. Fuentes y desarrollo de la leyenda de Sor Beatriz, principalmente en la literatura española Cotarelo y Valledor, Armando | |||
Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | |||
Itinéraire espagnol du conte médiéval (VIIIs-XVs) Marsan, Rameline E. | |||
Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | |||
La pecadora penitente en el teatro español: Sus fuentes y evolución Sánchez Castañer y Mena, Francisco | |||
A Selected and Annotated Discography of Recordings of Music from the Middle Ages in Spain Tinnell, Roger D. |