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Gonzalo de Berceo, Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora.

1260/ca.

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Document Date Century City Province
Gonzalo de Berceo, Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora. 1260/ca. 13cent
Summary

In this late 13th-century poem the term “Violero” is used to signify a player of the viola, rather than an instrument maker. Mentioned on strophe 9.


Document type Subject Siglum Archive name Call no.
non-fiction MS Literature Vihuelas
Original text

strophe 9: Non serie organista non serie violero,
Nin giga nin salterio, nin manoderotero,
Nin estrument, nin legua nin tan claro voçero,
Cuyo canto valiesse con esto un dinero.

[violero = player of the viola]

People mentioned
Name Status when cited Social status
Berceo, Gonzalo de Living Ecclesiastical
Notes

alvarez1982, 45-50 and Appendix XVII-XIX. Text from pidal1911, 147 ff.