Martín Codax
Galician joglar; composer of seven cantigas d'amigo · Musicians
Martin Codax or Codaz, Martín Codax or Martim Codax was a Galician medieval joglar, possibly from Vigo, Galicia in present-day Spain. He may have been active during the middle of the thirteenth century, judging from scriptological analysis.
Martín Codax is read about 23 times a day, in 14 languages.
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Cantigas de Amigo (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Vindel MS M979)![Paseo de Alfonso XII de Vigo:A fada e o dragónThe sculpture, cast in bronze, represents a nymph with two flutes, riding a winged dragon's back. With this piece, the artist (Xaime Quessada [gl]) pays tribute to Galicia's oral culture and the medieval poets and troubadours who, like Martin Codax, or Mendinho, celebrated the bounties of Vigo's sea.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/A_Fada_e_o_Drag%C3%B3n%2C_Xaime_Quessada%2C_2006.JPG/1280px-A_Fada_e_o_Drag%C3%B3n%2C_Xaime_Quessada%2C_2006.JPG)
Paseo de Alfonso XII de Vigo:A fada e o dragónThe sculpture, cast in bronze, represents a nymph with two flutes, riding a winged dragon's back. With this piece, the artist (Xaime Quessada [gl]) pays tribute to Galicia's oral culture and the medieval poets and troubadours who, like Martin Codax, or Mendinho, celebrated the bounties of Vigo's sea.Awards
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He is one of only two out of a total of 88 authors of cantigas d'amigo who used only the archaic strophic form aaB. He employed an archaic rhyme scheme whereby i~o / a~o were used in alternating strophes. In addition Martin Codax consistently utilised a strict parallelistic technique known as leixa-pren. There is no documentary biographical information concerning the poet, dating the work at present remains based on theoretical analysis of the text.
