(Portuguese), (Galician) or (Galician-Portuguese), are poems of insult, mockery and scorn – nearly always with comic intent – which constitute one of the three main genres of medieval Galician-Portuguese lyric.
See also Cantiga de amigo Cantiga de amor
References
Bibliography LANCIANI, Giulia e TAVANI, Giuseppe, As cantigas de escarnio, Edicións Xerais de Galicia, S.A, 1995, p. 106 TAVANI, Giuseppe, A poesía lírica galego-portuguesa, Galaxia, Vigo, 2ª ed., 1988, p. 188