The Cantigas de Santa Maria is a collection of 420 poetic narratives of Marian miracles, songs of praise to the Virgin, and May songs, compiled under the auspices of Alfonso X, el Sabio (reigned 1252-1284).
A version in Old Spanish Prose was written in the Marginalia of Cantigas 2-25, most often under the miniatur.
Over the years, the compositions have been studied, translated, and analyzed with regard to themes, music, poetry, art, historical content and linguistic milieu.
The Cantigas de Santa Maria is a collection of 420 poetic narratives of Marian miracles, songs of praise to the Virgin, and May songs, compiled under the auspices of Alfonso X, el Sabio (reigned 1252-1284)