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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... heard sweet , modulated bird songs . There never was heard music of organs so finely tuned , nor could more harmonious sounds be made . Some birds carried the fifth , while others doubled , others held the basic melody , keeping ...
... heard a man's weak , tired voice ; it said " Friar Ubert " more than once ; Ubert recognized it and did not doubt at all that it was the prior's ; he took great fright . He went out of the church ; he went to the infirmary , his spirit ...
... heard this voice as did many of the laymen in the Mozarab2 congregation . They knew it was the voice of Saint Mary ; against Her the Jews were making folly . 422 The archbishop , who was singing the Mass , spoke and the people who were ...
Inhalt
Translators Introduction | 1 |
The Fornicating Sexton | 32 |
The Cleric and the Flower | 36 |
Urheberrecht | |
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