#Goigs
What is
Popular songs in honor of the Virgin, Christ or a saint, and the printed page that bears them. In Mallorca they are sung, for example, at the end of the Completes de Sant Antoni.
How is
- Loose leaf of about 30 × 20 cm.
- Border (typographic or drawn frame) that encloses title, text, image and music.
- Image: traditionally woodcut (boix); then intaglio, photography, drawing.
- Text: seven syllables with a twist (chorus) at the end of each stanza.
- Music: anonymous and simple melodies; printed on the sheet since the s. XVIII.
How is fa
- Printing press with wooden blocks; today reissues of brotherhoods and workers.
Com s'usa
- They are sung in groups at festival masses, pilgrimages and processions Sant Antoni de sa Pobla , Sant Antoni de Manacor .
Vocabulary
- goigs: joys.
- tornada: chorus.
- boix: boxwood engraving.
- orla: frame.
History
- 1325-1328: Ramon Muntaner: the Catalan fleet sings goigs of Sant Pere.
- Finals XIV: first text in the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat.
- 16th century: first printed pages; the oldest preserved, from the s. XVII.
On veure'n
- Parish archives and collections of goigs (Majorcan specimens to be verified).
Why is it design
- Popular graphic design: sheet with fixed hierarchy (title, image, text, music, border).
- Reusable template: same melody for many saints.
For the project
- Collection of Mallorcan goigs as a graphic source (borders, woodcuts) for the visual identity of the platform.
Frequently asked questions
What is Goigs?
Popular songs in honor of the Virgin, Christ or a saint, and the printed page that bears them. In Mallorca they are sung, for example, at the end of the…
What are the traditional words for Goigs?
Some words: boix, goigs, orla, tornada.
Sources
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.