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Cantiga CSM 252 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X

The Labourers who were Buried under a Pile of Sand

Folio 82 recto of codex Florencia Ms Banco Rari 20

   Some men were building a church in Castrogeriz.
   While they were digging, the earth collapsed above them. It trapped them underneath as if someone had closed a door.
   The men thought that they would die, but the Virgin saved them from the devil who was after their souls.
   The people of the town heard what had happened and dug into the sand.
   They thought the men were dead, but they found them praying to the Virgin.
   Everyone praised the Virgin in front of her altar in the church that they were building.
Source: BNCF, Banco Rari 20


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