Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria

Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University


Alfonso

Text and Music Archive

The archive is part of the Cantigas de Santa Maia Database, including materials which will eventually be incorporated into the main database. It currently provides draft editions from our new critical edition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, and translations and commentaries featured in our series of posts on our Twitter site @CantigasOxford.
The archive also hosts Manuel Pedro Ferreira's diplomatic transcriptions of the music from witnesses To, T and E, also published as e-books (a Google id is required).  A Table of symbols and notational conventions can be downloaded here.   Where two or more stanzas are set to music in the source,  the music for the odd-numbered stanzas is transcribed,  and variants in the even stanzas are indicated above the stave. E2 in the witness codes indicates the repetition of the same cantiga in MS E. 

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number
 title
 Incipit
 transcription of music
 translations and commentaries
429
 Prologue
 Porque trobar é cousa en que jaz
 To T E
translation commentary
1
 Cantiga de loor (The Seven Joys)
 Des oge mais quer' eu trobar
 To T E
 translation commentary
2 Hildefonsus of Toledo
 Muito devemos varões/ loar a Santa Maria
 To T E
 translation commentary
3
 Theophilus
 Mais nos faz Santa Maria
 To T E
4
 The Murdered Jewish Boy
 A madre do que livrou
 To T E
5
 The Chaste Empress
 Quen as coitas deste mundo ben quiser sofrer
 To T E
6
 The Murdered Chorister
 A que do bon rei Davi
 To T E
7
 The Pregnant Abbess
 Santa Maria amar
 To T E translation commentary
8
 The Minstrel of Rocamadour
 A Virgen Santa Maria
 To T E translation commentary
9
 The Icon of Sardonay
 Por que nos ajamos
 To T E
10
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Rosa das rosas, flor das flores
 To T E translation commentary
11
 The Drowned Sacristan
 Macar ome per folia
 To T E translation commentary
12
 The Image of Christ Reviled by the Jews of Toledo
 O que a Santa Maria mais despraz
 To T E
13
 Elbo the Thief
 Assi como Jesucristo
 To T E
14
 The Monk of St Peter’s at Cologne
 Par Deus, muit’ é gran razon
 To T E
15
 The Death of Julian the Apostate
 Todolos santos que son no ceo
 To T E
16
 The Knight who said Two Hundred Aves a Day
 Quen dona fremosa e bõa quiser amar
 To T E
17
 The Woman who Committed Incest with her Son
 Sempre seja bẽeita e loada
 To T E
18
 The Silkworms that Wove Veils
 Por nos de dulta tirar
 To T E translation commentary
19
 The Three Knights
 Gran sandece faz quen se por mal filla
 To T E
20
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Virga de Jesse
 To T E

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21
 The Barren Woman’s Son is Revived
 Santa Maria pod’ enfermos guarir
 To T E
22
 The Wounded Farmer
 Mui gran poder á a Madre de Deus
 To T E
23
 The Woman whose Wine was Replenished
 Como Deus fez vĩo d' agua
 To T E
24
 The Clerk of Chartres
 Madre de Deus, non pod’ errar/ quen en ti á fiança
 To T E
25
 The Jewish Moneylender and the Christian Merchant
 Pagar ben pod’ o que dever
 To T E
26
 The Pilgrim to Santiago
 Non é gran cousa se sabe
 To T E
27
 The Image that Appeared in a Synagogue
 Non devemos por maravilla tẽer
 To T E
28
 The Siege of Constantinople
 Todo logar mui ben pode seer defendudo
 To T E
29 The Images of the Virgin Mary at Gethsemane
 Nas mentes sempre tẽer
 To T E translation commentary
30
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Muito valvera mais, se Deus m' ampar
 To T E
31
 The Runaway Calf
 Tanto, se Deus me perdon
 To T E translation commentary
32
 The Priest Who Only Knew One Mass
 Quen loar podia
 To T E translation commentary
33
The Pilgrim Saved from Shipwreck
 Gran poder á de mandar/ o mar e todolos ventos
 To T E translation commentary
34
 The Desecrated Image of the Virgin
 Gran dereit’ é que fill’ o demo por escarmento
 To T E
35
 The Clerics Saved from Pirates
 O que a Santa Maria der algo ou prometer
 To T E
36 The Light on the Masthead
 Muit’ amar devemos
 To T E
 translation commentary
37
 The Amputated Foot
 Miragres fremosos/ faz por nos Santa Maria
 To T E
38
 The Bleeding Image of the Christ-Child
 Pois que Deus quis da Virgen fillo/ seer
 To T E
39
 The Fire at Mont Saint-Michel
 Torto seria grand’ e desmesura
 To T E
40
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Deus te salve, groriosa
 To E
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41
 Garin the Moneychanger
 A Virgen, Madre de Nostro Sennor
 To T E
42
 The Ring on the Finger of the Virgin’s Statue
 A Virgen mui groriosa
 To T E
43
 The Boy Revived at Salas
 Porque é Santa Maria / leal e mui verdadeira
 To T E
44
 The Knight whose Goshawk was Returned by Santa Maria de Salas
 Quen fiar na madre do Salvador
 To T E
45
 The Wicked Knight who Built a Monastery
 A Virgen Santa Maria / tant' é de gran piedade
 To T E
46
 The Moor who Venerated an Image of the Virgin Mary
 Porque ajan de seer / seus miragres mais sabudos
 To T E
47
 The Devil who Appeared in the Shape of Three Beasts
 Virgen Santa Maria / guarda-nos se te praz
 To T E
48
 The Stream that was Diverted for the Monks of Montserrat
 Tanto son da Groriosa / seus feitos mui piadosos
 To T E
49
 The Lost Pilgrims who were Led to Soissons
 Ben com' aos que van per mar
 To T E
50
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Non deve null' ome desto per ren dultar
 To T E
51
 The Statue that Intercepted an Arrow
 A Madre de Deus / devemos tẽer mui cara
 To T E
52
 The Mountain Goats that Gave Milk to the Monks of Montserrat
 Mui gran dereit' é d' as bestias obedecer
 To T E translation commentary
53
 The Shepherd Boy who was Healed at Soissons
 Como pod' a Groriosa / mui ben enfermos sãar
 To T E
54
 The Monk who was Healed by the Virgin’s Milk
 Toda saude da Santa Reĩa / ven
 To T E
55
 The Nun who Left the Convent
 Atant' é Santa Maria / de toda bondade bõa
 To T E
56
 The Monk who Recited Five Psalms Daily
 Gran dereit' é de seer / seu miragre mui fremoso
 To T E translation commentary
57
 		The Robbed Pilgrims to Montserrat
 Mui grandes noit' e dia
 To T E translation commentary
58
 The Nun who was Shown the Mouth of Hell
 De muitas guisas nos guarda de mal
 To T E
59
 The Nun who was Slapped by a Crucifix
 Quen a Virgen ben servir
 To T E
60
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Entre Ave e Eva
 To T E translation commentary
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61
 The Man who Scorned the Virgin’s Slipper
 Fol é o que cuida
 To T E
62
 The Boy whose Mother’s Prayers Freed him from Captivity
 Santa Maria sempr' os seus ajuda
 To T E
63
 The Knight who Missed the Battle
 Quen ben serv' a Madre do que quis morrer
 To T E
64
 The Woman who could not Remove her Slipper
 Quen mui ben quiser o que ama guardar
 To T E
65
 The Excommunicate who won Absolution
 A creer devemos que todo pecado
 To T E
66
 The Bishop who was Given a Vestment
 Quantos en Santa Maria / esperança an
 To T E
67
 The Man who had the Devil as his Servant
 A Reynna groriosa / tant' é de gran santidade
 To T E
68
 The Wife and the Mistress
 A Groriosa grandes faz / miragres por dar a nos paz
 To T E translation commentary
69
 The Deaf-Mute who was Healed in Toledo
 Santa Maria os enfermos sãa
 To T E
70
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Eno nome de Maria
 To T E
71
 The Nun who was Taught to say her ‘Aves’ (Eulalia)
 Se muito non amamos
 To T E
72
 The Blasphemer who was Struck Dead
 Quen diz mal da reĩa espirital
 To T E
73
The Stained Chasuble
 Ben pod' as cousas feas fremosas tornar
 To T E translation commentary
74
 The Painter and the Devil
 Quen Santa Maria quiser defender
 To T E
75
 The Rich Man and the Poor Widow
 Omildade con pobreza
 To T E
76
 The Image of the Christ Child that was held for Ransom
 Quen as sas figuras da Virgen partir
 T E
77
 The Contorted Woman of Lugo
 Da que Deus mamou o leite do seu peito
 T E
78
 The Slandered Man who was Spared from Burning
 Non pode prender nunca morte vergonnosa
 To T E
79
 Musa, the Girl Taken to Paradise
 Ai Santa Maria, quen se per vos guia
 To T E translation commentary
80
 De loor de Santa Maria (Ave Maria)
 De graça chẽa e d' amor
 To T E translation commentary
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81
 The Woman whose Face was Healed
 Par Deus, tal sennor muito val
 To T E
82
 The Demon Swine
 A Santa Maria mui bon servir faz
 To T E
83
 The Prisoner who was Freed from the Moors
 Aos seus acomendados / a Virgen tost' á livrados
 To T E
84
 The Woman who Committed Suicide
O que en Santa Maria / crever ben de coraçon
 To T E
85
 The Jew who was Delivered from Thieves
 Pera toller gran perfia
 T E
86
 Childbirth Under the Sea
 Acorrer nos pode e de mal guardar
 To T E
87
 Hieronymus is made Bishop of Pavia
 Muito punna d' os seus onrar
 To T E
88
 The Virgin’s Electuary
 Quen servir a madre do gran Rei
 To T E
89
 The Jewish Woman who was Helped in Childbirth
 A madre de Deus onrada / chega sen tardada
 To T E
90
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Sola fusti, senlleira, Virgen sen companneira
 T E
91
 The Healing of People Suffering from St Martial’s Fire
A Virgen nos dá saud' / e tolle mal
 To T E
92
 The Blind Priest whose Sight was Restored
 Santa Maria poder á
To T E
93
 The Leper who was Healed by the Virgin’s Milk
 Nulla enfermidade
 T E
94
 The Nun who Ran Away with a Knight
 De vergonna nos guardar / punna todavia
 To T E
95
 The Hermit who was Captured by the Moors
 Quen aos servos da Virgen
 T E
96
 The Talking Head
 Atal Sennor / é bõa que faz salva-lo pecador
 T E
97
 The Slandered Man who was Exonerated
 A Virgen sempr' acorrer / a correr
 To T E
98
 The Sinful Woman who could not Enter a Church
 Non dev' a Santa Maria / mercee pedir
 To T E
99
 The Moors who Tried to Destroy an Image of the Virgin
 Muito se deven tẽer / por gentes de mal recado
 T E
100
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Santa Maria estrela do dia
 To T E text with translation commentary
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101
 The Deaf-mute who was Healed in Soissons
 Ben pod' a Sennor sen par / fazer oir e falar
 To T E
102
 The Priest who was Cast into a Pit
 Sempr' aos seus val
 T E
103
 The Monk who Listened to a Bird’s Song for Three Hundred Years
 Quen a Virgen ben servirá
To T E
104
 The Bleeding Host
 Nunca ja pod' aa Virgen / ome tal pesar fazer
 To T E
105
 The Maid of Arras
 Gran piadad' e mercee e nobreza
 To T E
106
 The Squires who were Freed from Captivity
 Prijon forte nen dultosa
 To T E
107
 The Jewish Woman who was Thrown from a Cliff
 Quen crever na Virgen santa
 T E
108
 Merlin and the Jew
 Dereit' é de s' end' achar / mal quen fillar perfia
 To T E
109
 The Possessed Man who was Exorcised at Salas
 Razon an os diabos de fogir
 T E
110
Cantiga de Loor
 Tant' é Santa Maria de ben mui conprida
 T E text with translation commentary
111
 The Drowned Priest
 En todo tempo faz ben
 T E
112
 The Ship whose Crew and Cargo were Preserved
 Nas coitas devemos chamar
 To T E
113
 The Falling Rock of Montserrat
 Por razon tenno d' obeder
 T E
114
 The Mother whose Son was Beaten
 A que serven todolos celestiaes
 T E
115
 The Boy whose Parents Dedicated him to the Devil
 Con seu ben / sempre ven
 To T E
116
 The Candles that Miraculously Came Alight
 Dereit' é de lume dar   
T E
117
 The Seamstress who Worked on the Sabbath
 Toda cousa que aa Virgen seja prometuda
 T E
118
 The Stillborn Child who was Revived at Salas
 Fazer pode d'outri vive-los seus / fillos
 T E
119
 The Judge who was Carried Away by Devils
 Como somos per consello do demo perdudos
 T E
120 Cantiga de Loor
 Quantos me creveren loarán
 T E translation commentary
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121
 The Knight who Made Garlands for the Virgin’s Image
 De muitas maneiras busca / a Virgen esperital
 T E translation commentary
122
 The Infanta who was Brought back to Life
Miragres muitos pelos reis faz
 T E
123
 The Dying Franciscan who Banished the Devils
 De Santa Maria sinal qual xe quer
 T E
124
 The Man who Survived Execution so he could make his Confession
 O que pola Virgen leixa
 T E
125
 The Priest who used Magic to Seduce a Maiden
 Muit' é maior o ben-fazer
 To T E
126
 The Soldier who was Struck in the Face by an Arrow
 De toda chaga ben pode guarir
 T E
127
 The Young Man who Kicked his Mother
 Non pod' ome pela Virgen / tanta coita endurar
 T E
128 The Peasant who Placed a Host in a Beehive
 Tan muit' é con Jesucristo
 T E translation commentary
129
 The Soldier who was Struck in the Eye by an Arrow
 De todo mal e de toda ferida
 T E
130
 Cantiga de Loor
 Quen entender quiser   
T E
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 The Emperor who was Trapped in a Mine
 En tamanna coita non pode seer   
T E
132
 The Clerk of Pisa
 Quen leixar Santa Maria
 To T E
133
 The Girl who Drowned in a Ditch
 Resurgir pode e faze-los seus / vive-la Virgen
 T E
134
 The Outbreak of St Martial’s Fire in Paris
 A Virgen en que é toda santidade
 T E
135
 The Marriage Ordained by the Virgin
 Aquel podedes jurar  / que é ben de mal guardado
 T E translation commentary
136
 The Gambling Woman who Threw a Stone at a Statue of the Virgin
 Poi-las figuras fazen dos santos renembrança
 T E
137
 The Lustful Knight who was Made Impotent
 Sempr' acha Santa Maria razon verdadeira
 T E
138
 John Chrysostom’s Vision
 Quen a Santa Maria de coraçon / rogar
 T E
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 The Boy who Offered Bread to an Image of the Christ Child
 Maravillosos / e piadosos
 T E translation commentary
140
 Cantiga de Loor
 A Santa Maria dadas / sejan loores onradas
 T E
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 The Old Monk whose Youth was Restored
 Quen muit' onrar o nome da Sennor conprida
 T E translation commentary
142
 The Huntsman who was Rescued from Drowning
 Ena gran coita sempr' acorrer ven
 T E
143
 The Drought in Jerez de la Frontera
 Quen algũa cousa quiser pedir
 T E
144
 The Fierce Bull that was Tamed
 Con razon é d'averen gran pavor
 T E
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 The Gold Given to John, the Patriarch of Alexandria
 O que pola Virgen de grado
 T E
146
 The Man whose Eyes and Hands were Restored
 Quen comendar de coraçon
 T E
147
 The Talking Sheep
 A madre do que a bestia
 T E translation commentary
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 The Knight who was Protected by a Linen Shift
 De mui grandes periglos
 T E
149
The German Priest who Doubted the Sacrament
 Fol é a desmesura
 T E translation commentary
150
 Cantiga de Loor
 A que Deus ama, amar devemos
  E
151
 The Priest who Renounced his Mistress
 Sempr' a Virgen, de Deus Madre / busca vias e carreiras
  E
152
 The Silver Bowl Filled with Bitter Liquid
 Tantas nos mostra a Virgen
 T E
153
 The Reluctant Pilgrim Carried to Rocamadour
 Quen quer que ten en desden
 T E
154
 The Gambler who Fired an Arrow at the Heavens
 Tan grand' amor á a Virgen
 T E
155
 The Knight who Filled a Tankard with Tears
 Ali u a pẽedença / do pecador vai minguar
 T E
156
 The Priest whose Tongue was Cut Out
 A Madre do que de terra / primeir' ome foi fazer
 T E
157 The Pilgrims to Rocamadour whose Meal was Stolen
 Deus por sa Madre castiga
 T E translation commentary
158
 The Knight who was Freed by the Virgin and led to Rocamadour
 De muitas guisas los presos
 T E
159
 The Pilgrims to Rocamadour whose Meat was Stolen
 Non sofre Santa Maria / de seeren perdidosos
 T E translation commentary
160
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Quen bõa dona querrá
 T E
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 The Vineyard that was Protected from Hail
 Poder á Santa Maria / a Sennor de piadade
 T E
162
 The Statue that Moved to the High Altar
 As sas figuras muit' onrar
 To T E translation commentary
163
 The Gambler who Renounced the Virgin
 Pode por Santa Maria / o mao perde-la fala
 T E
164
 The Statue that Cried out Against the Arrest of a Monk
 Como deve dos crischãos / seer a Virgen onrada
 T E
165
 The Celestial Knights who Protected the City of Tartus
 Niun poder deste mundo
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 The Lame Man Healed at Salas
 Como poden per sas culpa
 T E
167
 The Muslim Child who was Revived at Salas
 Quen quer que na Virgen fia
 T E
168
 The Child Revived at Salas
 En todo logar á poder
 T E
169
 The Church at Arreixaca is Protected by the Virgin
 A que por nos salvar / fezo Deus madr' e filla
 T E
170
 Cantiga de Loor
 Loar devemos a que sempre faz
T E
171
 The Drowned Boy
 Santa Maria grandes faz / miragres e saborosos
 T E
172
The Merchant bound for Acre who Survived a Storm
 A madre de Jesucristo / que ceos, terras e mares / fez
 T E translation commentary
173
 The Man who Passed a Kidney Stone
 Tantas en Santa Maria / son mercees
 T E
174 The Knight who Cut Out his Tongue Como aa Virgen pesa / de quen erra a ciente
 T E translation commentary
175
 The Pilgrim to Santiago who was Wrongly Hanged
 Por dereito ten a Virgen
 T E
176
 The Captive in Majorca who was Freed from the Moors
 Soltar pode muit' aginna / os presos
 T E
177
 The Man whose Eyes were Restored
 Non vos é gran maravilla / de lum' ao cego dar
 T E
178 The Mule that was Revived
 A que faz o ome morto / resurgir
 T E translation
179
 The Lame Woman of Molina
 Ben sab' a que pod' e val / fisica celestial
 T E
180
 Cantiga de Loor
 Vella e Minĩa
 T E
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 The Banner of the Virgin Defeats the Moors at Marrakesh
 Pero que seja a gente doutra lei e descreuda
 T E
182
 The Thief who was Brought back to Life
 Deus que mui ben barata
 T E
183
 The Moors of Faro who Threw a Statue of the Virgin into the Sea
 Pesar á Santa Maria de quen por desonra faz
 T E
184
 The Baby who was Born through a Wound in his Mother’s Side
 A madre de Deus / tant' á en si gran vertude T E
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 The Statue that Defended a Castle
 Poder á Santa Maria / grande d'os seus acorrer T E
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 The Woman whose Mother-in-law Plotted her Death
 Quen na Virgen santa muito fiar T E
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 The Monks of Jerusalem who were saved from Famine 187
Gran fe devia om' aver en Santa Maria T E E2
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 The Image that was found in a Young Girl’s Heart
 Coraçon d' om' ou de moller
 T E translation commentary
189
 The Pilgrim Healed of Dragon’s Bane
 Ben pode Santa Maria / guarir de toda poçon
 T E
190
 Cantiga de Loor
 Pouco devemos preçar
 T E
191
 The Woman who Fell from a Cliff
 O que de Santa Maria / sa mercee ben gaanna T E
192
 The Muslim Servant
 Muitas vegadas o dem' enganados/ ten os omes T E E2
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 The Merchant who was Saved from Drowning
 Sobelos fondos do mar
 T E
194
 The Robbed Minstrel
 Como o nome da Virgen / é aos bõos fremoso
 T E
195
 The Girl Named Mary
 Quen a festa e o dia
 T E
196
 The Pagan Priest
 Sempre punnou muit' a Virgen
 E translation commentary
197
 The Possessed Boy who was Revived
 Como quer que gran poder / á o dem' en fazer mal
 E
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 The Brawling Pilgrims
 Muitas vezes volv' o demo
 E
199
 The Man who Swallowed a Needle
 Com' é o mund avondado / de maes e d' ocajões
 E
200
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Santa Maria loei
 E
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 The Woman who Swallowed a Spider
 Muit' é mais a piadade de Santa Maria
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 The Songwriter who was Given a Rhyme
 Muito á Santa Maria / Madre de Deus, gran sabor
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 The Woman whose Meal was Replenished
 Quen polo amor de Santa / Maria
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 Saint Dominic and the Sick Archdeacon
 Aquel que a Virgen Santa / Maria quiser servir
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 The Muslim Woman who Survived a Siege
 Oraçon con piadade
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 Pope Leo who Cut Off his Hand
 Quen souber Santa Maria / ben de coraçon amar
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 The Statue that thanked a Merciful Knight
 Se ome fezer de grado / pola Virgen algun ben
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 The Heretic who Placed a Host in a Beehive
 Aquele que ena Virgen / carne por seer veudo / fillou
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209
 King Alfonso is Healed by the Virgin's Book
 Muito faz grand' erro e en torto jaz
 E
210
 Cantiga de Festa (Annunciation)
 Muito foi noss' amigo / Gabriel
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 The Bees that Repaired the Paschal Candle
 Apostos miragres faz todavia
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212
 The Stolen Necklace
 Tod' aquel que pola Virgen / quiser do seu ben fazer
 E
213
 The Innocent Man who was Exonerated
 Quen serve Santa Maria
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214
 The Gambler who Wagered a Church
 Como a demais da gente / quer gãar per falsidade
 E
215
 The Moors who Failed to Destroy a Statue of the Virgin
Con gran razon é que seja / de Jesucrist' amparada
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216
 The Knight who Pledged his Wife to the Devil
 O que en Santa Maria / de coraçon confiar
 E
217
 The Sinful Count who could not Enter a Church
 Non dev' a entrar null' ome / na eigreja da Sennor
 E
218
 The German Merchant who was Healed
 Razon an de seeren / seus miragres contado
 E
219
 The Pulpit in the Cathedral of Siena
 Non conven aa omagen
 E
220
 Cantiga de Loor
 E quen a non loar
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 King Fernando is Healed
 Ben per está aos reis / d' amaren Santa Maria
 E
222
 The Chaplain who Swallowed a Spider
 Quen ouver na Groriosa / fiança con fe conprida
 E translation commentary
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 The Rabid Man
 Todolos coitados que queren saude
 E
224
 The Girl who was Healed and Revived in Terena
 A Reinna en que é / comprida toda mesura
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225
 The Priest who Swallowed a Spider
 Muito bon miragr' a Virgen
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 The Buried Monastery
 Assi pod' a Virgen so terra guardar
 E
227
 The Imprisoned Squire
 Quen os pecadores guia
 E
228
 The Mule that Suffered from Gout
 Tant' é grand' a sa mercee
 E translation commentary
229
 The Moors who Tried to Destroy the Church of Vila Sirga
 Razon é grand' e dereito
 E
230
 Cantiga de Loor
 Tod' ome deve dar loor
 E
231
The Three Boys who Raised Marble Blocks
 Vertud' e sabedoria
 To E translation commentary
232
 The Knight whose Goshawk was Returned by Santa Maria de Salas
 En todalas grandes coitas
 E
233
 The Knight who was Protected by a Heavenly Army
 Os que bõa morte morren
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234
 The Deaf-mute Boy who was Healed in Vila Sirga
 A que faz os pecadores / dos pecados repentir
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235
 The Virgin’s Favours to King Alfonso
 Como gradecer ben-feito / é cousa que muito val
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236
 The Shipwrecked Woman who was Brought to Shore
 A Santa Madre daquele / que a pe sobelo mar
 E
237
 The Murdered Prostitute
 Se ben ena Virgen fiar
 E
238
 The Blasphemous Minstrel
 O que viltar quer a Virgen
 E
239
 The Man who Swore a False Oath
 Guardar-se deve tod' ome
 E
240
 Cantiga de Loor
 Os pecadores todos loarán
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 The Bridegroom who Fell to his Death
 Parade mentes ora
 E
242
 The Stonemason who was Held up by his Fingertips
 O que no coraçon d'ome
 E
243
 The Huntsmen who were Trapped under Ice
 Carreiras e semedeiros / busca a Virgen Maria
 E
244
 The Whale that Swam into Port
 Gran dereit' é que mal venna
 E
245
 The Hostage who was Released
 O que en coita de morte
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246
 The Woman who could not Enter a Church
 A que as portas do ceo
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247
 The Blind Girl whose Sight was Restored
 Assi como Jesucristo / fez veer o cego nado
 E
248
 The Brawling Sailors
Sen muito ben que nos faze
 E
249
 The Stonemason who Survived a Great Fall
 Aquel que de voontade  / Santa Maria servir
 E translation commentary
250
 Cantiga de Loor
 Por nos, Virgen Madre
 E
251
 The Girl who was Captivated by an Image of the Christ Child
 Mui gran dereito faz d' o mund' avorrecer
 E
252
 The Labourers who were Buried under a Pile of Sand
 Tan gran poder á sa Madre
 E
253
 The Pilgrim’s Iron Staff
 De grad' á Santa Maria / mercee e piadade   
E
254

 The Monks who Left their Monastery
 O nome da Virgen santa
 E translation commentary
255
 The Murderous Mother-in-law
 Na malandança / noss' amparança
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256
 Queen Beatriz is Healed
 Quen na Virgen groriosa / esperança mui grand' á
 E
257
 The Virgin’s Relics are Preserved in Seville
Ben guarda Santa Maria pola sa vertude
 E
258
 The Woman whose Dough was Replenished
 Aquela que a seu fillo / viu cinque mil avondar
 E
259
 The Squabbling Minstrels
 Santa Maria punna d'avĩir
 E
260
 Cantiga de Loor
 Dized', ai trobadores
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 The Woman who Wished to See the Saints
 Quen Jesucrist' e sa madre veer / quiser
 E
262
 The Saints Sing the ‘Salve Regina’at Puy
 Se non loassemos por al
 E
263
 The Lame Man of Cudejo
 Muit' é ben aventurado
 E
264
 The Icon of the Virgin Mary Saves Constantinople
 Pois aos seus que ama / defende todavia
 E
265
 John of Damascus who Cut Off his Hand
 Sempr' a Virgen santa dá bon gualardon
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266
 The Beam that Fell on the Congregation
 De muitas guisas miragres
 E
267
 The Merchant who Fell Overboard
 Na que Deus pres carne e foi dela nado
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 The Lame Woman Healed at Vila Sirga
 Gran confiança na madre
 E
269
The Boy who Fasted Faithfully
 A que poder á dos mortos / de os fazer resorgir
 E translation commentary
270
 Cantiga de Loor
 Todos con alegria / cantand' e en bon son
 E
271
 The Ship that was Stuck Fast in the River
 Ben pode seguramente / demanda-lo que quiser
 E
272
 The Animated Image in the Lateran
 Maravillosos miragres / Santa Maria mostrar
 E
273
 The Miraculous Thread
 A Madre de Deus que éste / do mundo lum' e espello
 E
274
 The Monk who made a Robe of Prayers
 Poi-lo pecador punnar / en servir Santa Maria
 E
275
 The Rabid Knights Hospitaller
 A que nos guarda do gran fog' infernal
 E
276
 The Huntsman whose Skull was Crushed by a Bell
 Quen a Virgen por sennor / tever, de todo mal guarrá
 E translation commentary
277
 The Raiders who Fasted on Saturday
 Maravillo m' eu com' ousa / a Virgen rogar   
E
278
 The Blind Pilgrim to Santiago who was Healed at Vila-Sirga
 Como sofre mui gran coita / o om' en cego seer
 E
279
 King Alfonso is Healed in Vitoria
 Santa Maria, valed', ai Sennor
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280
 Cantiga de Loor
 Santa Maria bẽeita seja
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 The Knight who Became the Devil’s Vassal
 U alguen a Jesu Cristo
 E
282
 The Child who Fell from a Rooftop
 Par Deus, muit' á gran vertude
 E
283
 The Priest who Scorned the Virgin
 Quen vai contra Santa Maria
 E translation commentary
284
 The Dying Friar who was Tormented by the Devil
 Quen ben fiar na Virgen de todo coraçon
 E
285
 The Nun who Tried to Leave the Convent
 Do dem' a perfia
 To
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286
 The Jews who Mocked a Christian
 Tanto quer Santa Maria / os que ama defender
 E
287
 The Man who Tried to Drown his Wife
 O que en Santa Maria / todo seu coraçon ten
 E
288
 St Dunstan and the Virgin’s Choir
 A Madre de Jesucristo / vedes a quen aparece
 E
289
 The Farmer who Reaped on the Feast of Saint Cyres
 Pero que os outros santos / a vezes prenden vingança
 E E2
290
 Cantiga de Loor
 Maldito seja quen non loar
E
291
 The Rapist who was Released from Prison
 Cantand' e en muitas guisas
 E
292
 Master Jorge and the King’s Ring
 Muito demostra a Virgen
 E
293
 The Mimicking Minstrel
 Par Deus, muit' é gran dereito
 E
294
 The Gambling Woman who Threw a Stone at a Statue of the Christ Child
 Non é mui gran maravilla / seeren obedientes
 E
295
 The Virgin Appears to Some Nuns
Que por al non devess' om'
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296
 St Dunstan’s Vision
 Quen aa Virgen santa / mui ben servir quiser
 E
297

 The Friar who Mocked a Statue of the Virgin
 Com' é mui bõ' a creença / do que non vee om' e cree   
E translation commentary
298
 The Woman who was Exorcised at Soissons
 Graça e vertude mui grand' e amor
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299
 The Ivory Pendant
De muitas maneiras Santa Maria / mercees faz
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300
 Cantiga de loor
 Muito deveria ome sempr' a loar
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 The Squire who was Freed from Prison
 Macar faz Santa Maria / miragres dũa natura
 E
302
 The Pickpocket at Montserrat
 A madre de Jesucristo / que é Sennor de nobreza
 E
303
 The Statue that spoke to a Naughty Girl
 Por fol tenno quen na Virgen
 E translation commentary
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 The Virgin’s Lamp
 Aquela en que Deus carne / prendeu
 E
305
 The Certificate of Absolution
 Sempre devemos na Virgen / a tẽer os corações
 E
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 The Heretic who Disparaged the Virgin Birth
 Por gran maravilla tenno
 E
307
 The Volcano that Erupted in Sicily
 Toller pod' a madre de Nostro Sennor
 E
308
 The Woman Afflicted with Kidney Stones
 De todo mal pod' a Virgen / a quen a ama sãar
 E
309
 The Snow that Fell in Rome in August
 Non deven por maravilla / tẽer
 E
310
 Cantiga de Loor
 Muito per dev' a Reinna / dos ceos seer loada
 E
311
 The Pilgrim Struck by Lightning
 O que diz que servir ome / aa Virgen ren non é
 E
312
 The Impotent Knight
 Non conven que seja feita / nihũa desapostura
 E
313
 The Dove that Appeared on a Storm-tossed Ship
 Ali u todolos santos
 E
314
 The Knight who was Punished for Blasphemy
 Quen souber Santa Maria / loar
 E
315
 The Child who Swallowed a Stalk of Wheat
 Tant' aos pecadores / a Virgen val de grado   
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316
 The Jealous Priest who Committed Arson
 Par Deus, non é mui sen guisa
 E
317
 The Squire who Assaulted a Girl
 Mal s' á end' a achar
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318

 The Priest who Stole Silver from a Cross
 Quen a Deus e a sa madre / escarnno fazer quiser
 E translation commentary
319
 The Rabid Girl
Quen quer mui ben
 E
320
 Cantiga de Loor
 Santa Maria leva / o ben que perdeu Eva
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 The Girl who was Cured of Scrofula
 O que mui tarde ou nunca
 E
322
 The Man who Choked on a Rabbit Bone
 A Virgen que de Deus Madre / éste
 E
323
 The Boy Revived at Coria
 Ontre todalas vertudes
 E
324
 The Statue that Cured a Mute
 A Sennor que mui ben soube / per sa lingua responder
 E
325
 The Christian Woman who Escaped from the Moors
 Con dereit' a Virgen santa / á nom' Estrela do Dia
 E
326 The Thieves who Stole Beehives
 A Santa Maria muito ll' é greu
 E translation commentary
327
The Priest who made Underpants from an Altar cloth
 Porque ben Santa Maria / sabe os seus dões dar
 E translation commentary
328 The Town of Alcanate is Renamed Porto do Santa Maria
 Sabor á Santa Maria
 E translation commentary
329
 The Moor who stole Coins from the Virgin’s Altar
 Muito per é gran dereito
 E
330
 De loor de Santa Maria
 Qual é a santivigada
 E
331
 The Mother who went Mad with Grief
 Ena que Deus pos vertude
 E
332
 The Fire at the Convent of Carrizo
 Atan gran poder o fogo
 E
333
 The Lame Man Healed at Terena
 Connosçudamente mostra / miragres Santa Maria
 E
334
 The Farmer whose Wife tried to Poison him
 De resorgir ome morto / deu Nostro Sennor poder
 E
335
 The Charitable Heathen
 Com' en si naturalmente / a Virgen á piadade
 E
336
 The Lustful Knight who was Freed from Desire
 Ben como punna o demo / en fazer nos que erremos
 E
337
 The Roaring Father
 Tan gran poder á a Virge
 E
338
 The Blind Servant whose Sight was Restored
 Muitos que pelos pecados
 E
339 The Fish that Plugged a Hole in a Ship
 En quantas guisas os seus acorrer
 E translation commentary
340
 De loor de Santa Maria
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 The Woman who Survived an Ordeal
 Com' á gran pesar a Virgen
 E commentary
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 The Image that was Discovered in a Block of Marble
 Con razon nas creaturas / figura pode mostrar
 E
343
 The Girl who said Offensive Things
 A Madre do que o demo / fez no mundo que falasse
 E
344
 Christians and Moors Camp Side by Side
 Os que a Santa Maria saben fazer reverença
 E
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 The Moors who Attacked the Castle in Jerez
 Sempr' a Virgen groriosa / faz aos seus entender
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 The Woman who was Healed of a Swollen Arm
 Com' a grand' enfermidade / en sãar muito demora
 E
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 The Boy Revived at Tudia
 A Madre de Jesucristo / o verdadeiro Messias
 E
348
 The Hidden Treasure
Ben parte Santa Maria / sas graças e seus tesouros
 E
349
 The Statue that Healed the Sick
 Muito praz aa Virgen santa
 E E2
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 Cantiga de Loor
 Santa Maria, Sennor   
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 The Wine Replenished at Arconada
 A que Deus avondou tanto
 E
352
 The Moulting Goshawk
 Fremosos miragres mostra
 E
353
 The Boy who Offered Food to the Christ Child
 Quen a omagen da Virgen
 E
354
 The King’s Ferret
 Eno pouco e eno muito
 E translation commentary
355
 The Youth who Spurned a Girl’s Advances
 O que a Santa Maria / serviço fezer de grado
 E incomplete
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 The Builders who were Supplied with Wood
 Non é mui gran maravilla / se sabe fazer lavor
 E
357
 The Woman whose Face was Restored
 Como torc' o dem' os nenbros
 E
358
 The Builders who were Supplied with Stone
 A que as cousas coitadas
 E
359
 The Youth who was Freed from the Moors
 As mãos da Santa Virgen
 E
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 De loor de Santa Maria
 Loar devemos a Virgen
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 The Statue that Turned Over in Bed
 Null' ome per ren non deve / a dultar
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362
 The Blind Goldsmith whose Sight was Restored
Ben pode Santa Maria / seu lum' ao cego dar
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 The Imprisoned Troubadour
 En bon ponto vimos esta Sennor que loamos
 E
364 The Tower that Collapsed
 Quen por serviço da Virgen
 E translation commentary
365
 The Doubting Monk
 Ben tira Santa Maria / pela sa gran piedade
 E
366
 Don Manuel Recovers his Lost Falcon
 A que en nossos cantares / nos chamamos fror das frores
 E
367
 King Alfonso is Healed in Seville
 Grandes miragres faz Santa Maria
 E
368
 The Woman who Coughed up a Snake
 Como nos dá carreiras
 E translation commentary
369
 The Missing Ring that was Found in a Fish
 Como Jesucristo fezo / a San Pedro que pescasse
 E
370
 Cantiga de Loor
 Loemos muit' a Virgen Santa Maria
 E
371
 The Woman who Survived a Shipwreck
 Tantos vai Santa Maria / eno seu porto fazer
 E
372
 The Rabid Woman
Muit' éste maior cousa
 E
374
 The Raiders who Offered a Robe to the Virgin
 Muito quer Santa Maria
 E
375
 The Scribe whose Horse was Healed
 En todo nos faz mercee
 E
376
 Don Manuel’s Ring
 A Virgen, cuja mercee / é pelo mundo sabuda
 E
377
 The Virgin helps Pedro Lourenço Receive his Reward
 Sempr' a Virgen groriosa / ao que s' en ela fia
 E
378
 The Bleeding Girl who was Healed
 Muito nos faz gran merçee
 E
379
 The Attack of the Catalonian Pirates
 A que defende do demo / as almas dos pecadores
 E
380
 Cantiga de Loor
 Sen calar / nen tardar   
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 The Boy Revived at Santa Maria do Porto
 Como a voz de Jesucristo / faz aos mortos viver
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382
 The Nobleman’s Reward
 Verdad' éste a paravoa
 E
383
 The Pilgrim Woman Saved from Drowning
 O fondo do mar tan chão
 E
384
 The Monk who wrote Mary’s Name in Three Colours
 A que por gran fremosura / é chamada fror das frores
 E
385
 The Man who was Struck on the Head by a Stone
 De toda enfermidade
 E
386
 The Fish Provided for King Alfonso’s Cortes
 A que avondou do vinno aa dona de Bretanna
 E
389
 Master Pedro’s Son is Healed
 A que pera paraiso / irmos nos mostra caminnos
 E
390
 Cantiga de Loor
 Sempre faz o mellor
 E
391
 The Lame Girl Healed by Santa Maria do Porto
Como pod' a Groriosa / os mortos fazer viver
 E
392
 The Thief who Swore Falsely
Macar é Santa Maria / Sennor de mui gran mesura
 E
393
 The Rabid Boy
 Macar é door a ravia
 E
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 The Wolves that Guarded Sheep
 A madre do Pastor bõo
 E
399
 The Mother who Tried to Kill her Baby
 Quen usar na de Deus Madre
 E
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 Cantiga de Loor
 Pero cantigas de loor / fiz de muitas maneiras
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 Petiçon
 Macar poucos cantares / acabei e con son
 To
No music in E
402
 Epilogue
 Santa Maria nembre vos de mi
 No music
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403
 Cantiga de loor (The Seven Sorrows)
 Aver non poderia / lagrimas que chorasse
 To translation commentary
404
 The Priest who was Healed by the Virgin’s Milk
 Non é sen guisa d' enfermos sãar
 To
405
 The Image of the Virgin that was Unveiled Each Saturday
 De muitas guisas mostrar
 To
406
 May Song
 Ben vennas, maio, e con alegria
 To translation commentary
407
 The Man Blinded for his Blasphemy
 Como o demo cofonder
 To
408
 The Squire who was Pierced by an Arrow
 De spirital cilurgia
 No music

409
 Cantiga de Loor
 Cantando e con dança
 No music
410
 Prologue to the Songs for the Feasts of the Virgin
 Quen Santa Maria servir
 EFestas translation commentary
411
 The Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin (8 September)
 Bẽeito foi o dia
 ToFestas EFestas
413
 On the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (18 December)
 Tod' aqueste mund' a loar deveria
 ToFestas EFestas
414 The Virginity of Mary
 Como Deus é comprida Trĩidade
 EFestas translation
415 The Feast of the Annunciation (25 March)
 Tan bẽeita foi a saudaçon
 ToFestas EFestas translation commentary
417
 The Feast of the Purification of the Virgin (2 February)
 Nobre don e mui preçado
 ToFestas EFestas translation commentary
418
 The Seven Gifts
 Os sete dões que Deus dá
 EFestas
419
 The Vigil of the Assumption of the Virgin (14 August)
 Des quando Deus sa Madre / aos ceos levou
 ToFestas EFestas
420
 Processional for the Feast of the Assumption (15 August)
 Bẽeita es, Maria
 EFestas
421
 Recordare
Nembre se te, Madre
 EFestas
422
 Litany of the Day of Judgement
 Madre de Deus, ora / por nos teu Fill' essa ora
 EFestas
423

 Creation
 Como podemos a Deus gradecer
 ToFestas de Jesucristo translation commentary
424

 Epiphany
 Pois que dos Reis
 ToFestas de Jesucristo translation commentary
425
 Resurrection: the Three Maries
 Alegria, alegria
 ToFestas de Jesucristo
426
 Ascension
 Subiu ao ceo o Fillo de Deus
 ToFestas de Jesucristo
427
 Pentecost
 Todolos bẽes que nos Deus / quis faze
 ToFestas de Jesucristo
415

Updates to musical transcriptions
February 2018 – An incorrect transposition by a 3rd was found in the CSM 334 of the Códice de los músicos. The file was replaced on 21.3.18
September 2018 -  links for nos 419-421 have been corrected. (these previously all linked to the music for 415/FSMV)
January 2022 - Links for the music to nos 185-187 corrected to reflect the reordering of these cantigas in MS T

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Stephen Parkinson
Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria
1 November 2022