Cantigas de Santa Maria [SEP] language of work or name
Cantigas de Santa Maria
The Cantigas de Santa Maria (, ; "Canticles of Holy Mary") are 420 poems with musical notation, written in the medieval Galician-Portuguese language during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile "El Sabio" (1221–1284) and often attributed to him.
It is one of the largest collections of monophonic (solo) songs from the Middle Ages and is characterized by the mention of the Virgin Mary in every song, while every tenth song is a hymn.
The "Cantigas
Language Notes", Vol. 10, No. 4. (Apr., 1895), pp. 104–116.
- Lapa, Manuel Rodrigues. 1970. "Cantigas d’escarnho e de mal dizer dos cancioneiros medievais galego-portugueses", edição crítica. 2nd ed. Vigo: Editorial Galaxia.
- Mettmann, Walter. 1959-72. "Afonso X, o Sabio. Cantigas de Santa Maria". 4 vols. Coimbra: Por ordem da Universidade (rpt. Vigo: Ediçóns Xerais de Galicia,