Cantar de mio Cid
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El Cantar de mio Cid, or El Poema de mio Cid, is an anonymous 12th-century cantar de gesta and the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem. Based on a true story, it tells of the deeds of the Castilian h
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El Cid's daughters after being beaten and tied up, work by Ignacio Pinazo (1879).
Old Spanish
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Old Spanish, also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and m
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…Abbot Peter) who appears to be credited as the writer of the work in a colophon to the text. It has been suggested that the poem, which is written in Old Spanish, is an example of the learned poetry that was cultivated in the monasteries and other centers of erudition. However, Per Abbad puts the date 1207 after…
Al-Fatiha with Spanish translations in Aljamiado script above each line of Arabic Quranic text
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