EL CANT DE LA SIBIL·LA

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿

𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴

The melody of Iudicii signum, inherited from the Cantigas de Santa María by Alfonso X the Wise, is a composition put into the mouth of the sibyl Eritrea, which used to be sung at the end of the last lesson of Christmas Matins until it was suppressed as a result of the liturgical reforms that emerged from the Council of Trent. Widely disseminated throughout Western Europe for its eschatological message, its first adaptation into the Romance language corresponds to one of the Cantigas, ‘Madre de Deus’ (CSM 422), which was followed a century later by other adaptations in Valencian and Castilian. Popularly known as the Song of the Sibyl, later versions incorporate verses alluding to the Virgin Mary, whose intervention implores the Last Judgement.

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿

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