The symbolism of the stanzas in which Berceo explains the Gospel in his Sacrificio de la Misa (48-53) is the same as the one of the moralization of the chapter charadrius of the Physiologus. The evident echoes of the text of some of the Latin versions of the zoological- symbolic manual and of one of its derivatives, the Bestiary of Philippe de Thaun, do not leave place to doubt the connection of Berceo’s passage and its allegorical sense. Berceo adopts the elements of a literary tradition that goes back to poet Hipponax of Ephesus (V1 b.C.) and adapts them to the intentions that guide him in the illustration of this particular moment of the Mass and to the impositios of his historical background. - [Abstract]

Language: Spanish

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