<i>Cancionero autógrafo de Pedro de Padilla, manuscrito 1579 de la Biblioteca Real de Madrid</i> (review)
Dorothy Sherman Severin
Reviewed by: Cancionero autógrafo de Pedro Padilla, manuscrito 1579 la Biblioteca Real Madrid Dorothy Sherman Severin Labrador Herraiz, José J., & Ralph A. DiFranco, eds. Madrid. México: Frente Afirmación Hispanista, 2007. 255 pp. Dep. legal GU-021-2008 Herraiz and DiFranco have produced yet another volume in their invaluable series of sixteenth-century manuscript cancioneros, this one, an autograph by the now-obscure but formerly well-considered Padilla (1549?-1600), important link between fifteenth-century traditional Castilian styles Italianate mode sixteenth. As a Carmelite, gives some understandable importance on religious genres, but, surprisingly, there is significant proportion love poetry represented, it style, preponderance canción form, with glossed refrain. The authors exhaustive catalogue appearances elsewhere these poems as appendix, they show that ninety eight them are uniques. Of these, many unique canciones, [End Page 232] one notable sequence villancicos Encina/Fernández style amongst them. Curiously, although refrains glosses mostly intact here, few printed canon without glosses, refrains. Obviously, lone belong to other poets or traditional, printing poet's refrain gloss seems indicate accidental omission. interesting Carolingian ballads those Orlando furioso cycle were previously published Maxim Chevalier. give brief informative history author manuscript. History-of-the-book enthusiasts, however, might wished for more rigorous description itself according current norms description, folios both out bound later copies author's work. A diagrams (now easily word processing programmes reproduced most modern printers) would not been amiss, cases sketch mightier than pen. However usual magic deciphering material process correction revision far from straightforward read interpret. This edition helps bring attention early specialists neglected figure whose work deserves further – should receive now we valuable addition his canon. University Liverpool Work Cited Chevalier, Maxim. Los temas ariostescos en el romancero y poesía española del Siglo Oro. Madrid: Castalia, 1968. 233] Google Scholar Copyright © 2010 MLA Division Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures Cultures
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