Cerverí de Girona

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Taflamart , an Occitan poem with a secret language by Cerverí.

Cerverí de Girona ( sərβəˈɾi ðə ʒiˈɾonə ) (* 1259 in Girona as Guillem de Cervera ; † 1285 ) was a Catalan trobador .

Cerverí de Girona was one of the most active trobadors, of whom 114 poems (and a few other works) have survived to this day. A ensenhamen of proverbs for his son is also held to be his work, so that a total of 130 works is assumed. Cerverí's music has not survived.

Cerverí wrote Pastorelas and sirventes . He was a poet at the court of Jacob I the Conqueror and Peter III. the big one . His primary interest was the complexity of court life.

Cerverí was for some time patronized at the court of Hugo IV and Henry II von Rodez and stayed in Spain in 1269, where he could be found in the suite of the prince and later King Peter. With other trobadors like Folquet de Lunel and Dalfinet he went to Toledo with Peter . On April 26th in Riello (near Cuenca ) he received a solidus for his services. His Cobla en sis lengatges (“Poetry in six languages”) imitated the meter of Folquets Al bon rey q'es reys de pretz car or Sordel's Bel m'es ab motz leugiers a far .

Cerverí wrote the Planh Si per tristor, per dol no per cossir of August 26, 1276 about the death of Jacob I. The trobador asks the Virgin Mary for the same pity for Jacob that he himself showed at the end. This relates to the establishment of the Mercedarians in Barcelona . The poet Mathieu de Caersi wrote another plan for Jacob ( Tant suy marritz que no.m puese alegrar ), the tone of which, in contrast to Cerverí's personal and intimate poetry, was moralizing and religious.

literature

  • Miriam Cabré: Cerverí de Girona and his Poetic Traditions . Tamesis, London 1999, ISBN 978-1-85566-042-7
  • Simon Gaunt, Sarah Kay (Eds.): The Troubadours. An Introduction . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-57473-0 (Appendix Appendix I: Major Troubadours , pp. 279-291)
  • Martí de Riquer : Los trovadores. Historia literaria y textos . 3 volumes. Planeta, Barcelona 1975

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personal data
SURNAME Cerverí de Girona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillem de Cervera (maiden name); Serveri de Girone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan trobador
DATE OF BIRTH 1259
PLACE OF BIRTH Girona
DATE OF DEATH 1285