Metrics and Textual Criticism in the Cantigas d’amigo: External Responsion by Pairs of Strophes

Abstract

In the cantigas d’amigo external responsion (the inter-strophic correspondence of verses that occupy the same position in the strophic form) is sometimes observed by pairs of strophes. Recognition of this phenomenon solves what had seemed to be problems in several texts and should be taken into account in textual criticism.