Cantigas de Santa Maria
E253199
Galician-Portuguese literature
Marian song collection
devotional work
illuminated manuscript
medieval song collection
monophonic repertoire
Cantigas de Santa Maria is a renowned 13th-century collection of monophonic songs in Galician-Portuguese verse devoted to the Virgin Mary, notable for its musical, poetic, and illuminated manuscript artistry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cantigas de Santa Maria canonical | 4 |
| Cantigas de loor de Santa María | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Galician-Portuguese literature
ⓘ
Marian song collection ⓘ devotional work ⓘ illuminated manuscript ⓘ medieval song collection ⓘ monophonic repertoire ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cantigas de Santa Maria
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantigas de loor de Santa María
|
| approximateNumberOfPieces | 427 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Alfonso X of Castile
ⓘ
Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
surface form:
King Alfonso X "el Sabio"
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Court of Toledo
ⓘ
surface form:
court of Alfonso X of Castile
|
| commissionedBy | Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ |
| compiledIn | 13th century ⓘ |
| compiler | Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ |
| contains |
miracle narratives
ⓘ
narrative poems ⓘ refrains ⓘ songs of praise to the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Castile
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
|
| culturalContext | Iberian medieval court culture ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 13th century ⓘ |
| devotedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 1280 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Romance philology
ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ musicology ⓘ |
| genre |
Marian miracle song
ⓘ
courtly song ⓘ devotional lyric ⓘ monophonic song ⓘ |
| hasManuscript |
Escorial codices
ⓘ
Florence manuscript ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cantigas de loor (songs of praise)
ⓘ
cantigas de miragre (miracle songs) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced | later Marian song traditions in Iberia ⓘ |
| language | Galician-Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Galician-Portuguese lyric tradition ⓘ |
| metricalForm | strophic ⓘ |
| musicalTexture | monophonic ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
musical notation for each song
ⓘ
poetic refrains in every cantiga ⓘ richly illuminated miniatures ⓘ |
| notatedIn | mensural notation ⓘ |
| numberOfPieces | over 400 songs ⓘ |
| patron | Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Galician-Portuguese ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 1250 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
miracles attributed to the Virgin Mary
ⓘ
praise of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| title | Cantigas de Santa Maria self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfonso X of Castile
this entity surface form:
Cantigas de loor de Santa María