# Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Spanish]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. T.j.1\), 486 x 332 mm ## Commentary Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio 1250-1300 Manuscript \(Ms. T.j.1\), 486 x 332 mm Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial The manuscript \(The Songs of Alfonso the Wise\) contains several stories on 256 folios following French examples. On the page reproduced here the life of the marine merchants is narrated, started from the upper left corner of the page. In spite of the strong French influence the ornamental decoration and the coat-of-arms in the corners of the frame are characteristically Spanish. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/13\_cent/alfonso\_sabio\_cantiga.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Alfonso el Sabio: Cantiga</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [Alba Bible]() - [Alfonso the Wise: Cantigas de Santa Maria]() - [Alfonso the Wise: Cantigas de Santa Maria]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Astrological Treatise]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()