Cantiga XCIX: 'Como Santa Maria destruyu un gran poboo de mouros que entraran ha vila de crischao…
Cantiga XCIX: 'Como Santa Maria destruyu un gran poboo de mouros que entraran ha vila de crischaos e querian desfazer as ssas omages' (How Saint Mary destroyed a big village of Mourish that entered the Christians village and wanted to destroy her images). Miniature in the 'Cantigas de Santa Maria', 13th century codex, by Alphonse X the Wise.
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