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CSM Number : 91 | |||
Short name: | The Healing of People Suffering from St Martial’s Fire | Alternative: | De ordine initiali miraculorum (Soissons) |
Incipit: | A Virgen nos dá saud’/ e tolle mal | ||
Refrain: | A Virgen nos dá saud’/ e tolle mal/ tant’ á en si gran vertud’/ esperital. | ||
Summary of narrative | |||
Setting: | Soissons | Protagonist(s): | people stricken with St Martial’s fire |
People stricken with St Martial’s fire were carried to Soissons. They suffered in various ways; some lost their arms and legs. One night, a bright light appeared. Then the Virgin descended to them. The people were overcome by fear and tried to flee. The Virgin healed them of their diseases. |
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Metrical data | |||
Stanza: | 7' 7 7' 7 11 11 | Refrain: | 11 11 |
No. of Stanzas: | 8 | ||
Rhyme scheme: | AA | bcbcca | Zejel: | Yes |
MS locations: | |||
T91, E91, To82 | |||
Poncelet reference | |||
Anno igitur ab inc. Dñi 1128, quo iudicio Dei et quibus de causis (82) | |||
Keywords | |||
amputation, apparition, heretic, Jews, light (celestial), Saint Martial’s fire | |||
Discography | |||
Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
Miracle | Collection | ||
De ordine initiali miraculorum (Soissons) | Hugo Farsitus |
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De ordine initiali miraculorum (Soissons) | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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BITAGAP ID | |||
3808 | |||
Bibliography | |||
The Jew in the Cántigas of Alfonso X, el Sabio Bagby, Albert | |||
The Early Seguidilla Clarke, Dorothy Clotelle | |||
La Poésie lyrique espagnole et portugaise à la fin du Moyen Âge Le Gentil, Pierre | |||
El culto de las reliquias en las Cantigas de Santa María de Alfonso X el Sabio Martín Ansón, Maria Luisa | |||
A estrutura métrico-rimática da cantiga 100 das Cantigas de Santa Maria Montero Santalha, José-Martinho | |||
A estructura métrica de algunas das Cantigas de Santa Maria Montero Santalha, José-Martinho | |||
Alfonso X, el rey sabio ¿tolerante con la minoría judía? Una lectura emblemática de las Cantigas de Santa Maria Roitman, Gisela | |||
Cantigas de Santa Maria de Afonso X, O Sábio: aspectos culturais e literários Vaz Leão, Angela |