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Cantiga CSM 326 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X

The Thieves who Stole Beehives

Folio 32 recto of codex Florencia Ms Banco Rari 20

   Many pilgrims go to Tudia to make generous offerings to the Virgin.
   A man offered his beehives so that the church would have plenty of wax and honey.
   The beehives were placed behind the church and guarded by a poor woman.
   One night, some thieves came and stole the hives.
   When the people discovered that they were missing, they asked Mary to avenge the crime.
   A knight, who was a magistrate, came to Tudia. He ordered the thieves to be pursued. He set off to catch them, and found them hiding with the beehives.
Source: BNCF, Banco Rari 20


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