Miracles of Our LadyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 19.06.1997 - 158 Seiten Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form all through the Middle Ages. Milagros de Nuestra Sehora, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is a premier example of this genre; it is also regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. Difficulties in translating this work have made it unavailable in English except in fragments; now Spanish-language scholars Richard Terry Mount and Annette Grant Cash have made the entire work accessible to English readers for the first time. Berceo's miracle tales use the verse form cuaderna via (fourfold way) of fully rhymed quatrains -- which Berceo may even have invented -- and are told in the language of the common man. They were written to be read aloud, most likely to an audience of pilgrims, and are an outstanding example of oral religious narrative. The total work comprises twenty-five miracles, preceded by a renowned Introduction that celebrates the Virgin in rich symbolic allegory. Mount and Cash's translation is highly readable, yet it retains the original meaning and captures Berceo's colloquial style and medieval nuances. An introduction placing the miracles in their medieval context and a bibliography complement the text. |
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... Holy Mary whose milk He suckled with His own mouth . A blessed monk was in a monastery ; where it was I do not find in the reading , ' so I cannot say . He loved Holy Mary with all his heart and each day genuflected before Her image ...
... Holy Mary , for I knew of no other help for me . While I was in this situation , Holy Mary came ; She covered me with the sleeve of Her cloak ; I felt no more danger than when I slept ; if I lay in a bath I would not be happier ...
... Holy Mary said , " Sir Dirt , Sir Evil , ( 801 ) the letter you wrote with your wicked leader , that later you sealed with your own seal , lies in a small corner of Hell . 847 My Son will not want , on account of your plight , ( 802 ) ...
Inhalt
Translators Introduction | 1 |
The Fornicating Sexton | 32 |
The Cleric and the Flower | 36 |
Urheberrecht | |
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