Vindel Parchment and Martin Codax / o Pergamiño Vindel e Martin Codax
Subtitle: The Golden Age of Medieval Galician Poetry / o Esplendor Da Poesía Galega Medieval
Publisher: Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2018
Language: eng; glg; ita; por; spa
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9789027201393
Subjects: Pierpont morgan library; Portuguese poetry, history and criticism; Music, manuscripts; Music, spanish
Description: "This book offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date, multidisciplinary approach to the work of Galician jongleur Martin Codax and the Vindel Parchment. This medieval manuscript with the texts of seven cantigas de amigo by Martin Codax and the music score of six of them, is a philological gem that underwent numerous vicissitudes. The current volume comprises eighteen chapters dealing in depth with Codax's work and the Vindel Parchment from five perspectives: literature, linguistics, codicology and ecdotics, music, history and reception of the Vindel Parchment, and the historical background of medieval Vigo (at the time still a small town where Codax's cantigas de amigo are set). Specialists from different disciplines and countries joined forces in a effort to improve our understanding of Martin Codax and his lyric poetry. The research included here tries to go beyond received knowledge in the field by using new approaches and perspectives, delving deeper into areas that had not been sufficiently studied, or by venturing into unexplored territories. Many hypotheses are put forward, contributing to raising interest in a fascinating, enigmatic author, in his extraordinary cantigas and in a medieval parchment that is becoming less and less mysterious. The volume contains contributions in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Galician, each accompanied by a summary in English"--