Cantigas de Santa Maria

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Galician-Portuguese literature ⓘ
Marian song collection ⓘ
devotional work ⓘ
illuminated manuscript ⓘ
medieval song collection ⓘ
monophonic repertoire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cantigas de loor de Santa María ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPieces 427 ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
King Alfonso X "el Sabio" ⓘ
associatedWithPlace court of Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Court of Toledo
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 Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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Alfonso X of Castile → notableWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Alfonso X of Castile → knownFor → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
subject linked to: El Sabio
Alfonso X of Castile → notableWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
subject linked to: El Sabio
Cantigas de Santa Maria → title → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Cantigas de Santa Maria → alsoKnownAs → Cantigas de loor de Santa María ⓘ
linked to: Cantigas de Santa Maria
Old Galician-Portuguese → hasCorpus → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Escorial codices → containsWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Florence manuscript → preserves → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Florence manuscript → associatedWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Alfonsine workshops → notableWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ
Alfonsine Renaissance → notableWork → Cantigas de Santa Maria ⓘ