João Baveca

Galician minstrel. He is believed to have accompanied the Galician magnate D. Rodrigo da Trastâmara in the conquest campaigns in Andalusia. He is the author of beautiful cantigas de amor and cantigas de amigo, among them the famous «Os que non aman nen saben de amor... », which addresses the problem of poets' sincerity and pretense. He is represented in the Cancioneiros da Biblioteca Vaticana and the Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional with three dozen compositions.