Martim de Ginzo
Jogral medieval


Nationality: Galega?

Biographical Note:

Minstrel, possibly galician, maybe from the place of Ginzo, next to Ponte Areas, south Galicia1. The Ginzo toponym, however, also exists in Portugal (in a place in the county of Barcelos). We know nothing of his biography, although the references to his friend’s departure to the “fossados” (the military gathering in Spring), made by a female voice on one of his cantigas de amigo, may point to him having taken part in the so-called Reconquest. In that sense it’s possible, as Ramón Lourenzo suggests2, that he lived in the reign of Fernando III or Alfonso X


References

1 Oliveira, António Resende de (1994), Depois do espectáculo trovadoresco. A estrutura dos cancioneiros peninsulares e as recolhas dos séculos XIII e XIV, Lisboa, Edições Colibri, p. 197.

2 Lorenzo, Ramón (1993), "Martin de Ginzo", in Dicionário da Literatura Medieval Galega e Portuguesa, Lanciani, Giulia e Tavani, Giuseppe (org.) , Lisboa, Editorial Caminho.

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A do mui bom parecer
Cantiga de Amigo

Ai vertudes de Santa Cecília
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Como vivo coitada, madre, por meu amigo
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Nom mi digades, madre, mal e irei
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Nom poss'eu, madre, ir a Santa Cecília
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Nunca eu vi melhor ermida nem mais santa
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Se vos prouguer, madr', hoj'este dia
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Treides, ai mia madr', em romaria
Cantiga de Amigo