cantigan.
/kanˈtiːɡə/ A Spanish or Portuguese poem or folksong.
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1915 A. F. G. Bell in Mod. Lang. Rev. 10 338 Written in the Galician—Portuguese language..there is not a page of the Cantigas which does not throw some curious light on the life of the thirteenth [century]... Some of these poems express beautiful and widely-extended legends.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 56/2 Cantiga or cantar was the designation of all forms of poetry…cantiga de amor..cantiga de amigo..cantiga de escárneo (satirical). The religious songs are represented by the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
1963 Times 18 May 11/3 The single-voiced cantigas of Alfonso the Wise (1221–1284), who turned the art of the trobadors to spiritual ends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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