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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... bishop was harshly moved to rage 223 224 225 and said : " Never did I hear such a deed of a priest . " He said ... bishop ; with his great fear , he had lost his color ; from shame he could not look at his seigneur— never was the wretch ...
... bishop indeed knew how to interpret the law . He wanted to put blame on the cleric by his ( own ) admission . 738 The bishop said , " Cleric , did you do such evil ? ( 902 ) Do you admit to what they accuse you of ? " " Sir , " said the ...
Gonzalo de Berceo. 754 The bishop did not have a bother or care , ( 709 ) except singing his Mass and praying his psalter ; Theophilus relieved the bishop from all his work , to tell of all his goodness would make a long story . 755 The ...
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Translators Introduction | 1 |
The Fornicating Sexton | 32 |
The Cleric and the Flower | 36 |
Urheberrecht | |
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