Juan Ruiz and Don Ximio: the Archpriest's art of declamation
Steven D. Kirby
Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Notes 1. Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor, ed. and trans. Raymond S. Willis (Princeton 1972). All references the LBA are this edition. 2. Ruiz's adaptation of material has been well studied by Arthur Fisher Whittem, ‘The sources fables in amor’, Diss. Harvard 1908, 22–38, 221–27, 451–55; OttoTacke, ‘Die Fabeln des Erzpriesters von Hita im Rahmen der mittelalterlichen Fabelliteratur’, RF, XXXI (1912), 550–705, at pp. 565, 647–51, 703; Félix Lecoy, Recherches sur le ‘Libro amor’ Archiprêtre (1938; rpt. A. D. Deyermond, Westmead, Farnborough, Hants 1974), 130. The principal analogues indicated these critics fable arc printed Léopold Hervieux, Les fabulistes latins, 2nd ed., II (1894; New York n.d.), 10, 141, 211–12, 269–70, 334, 360, 468, 491, 610–11, 647. My own studies indicate that Ruiz amplified his version fifteen or twenty times length original. 3. Anthony N. Zahareas, Art Archpriest (Madrid 1965), 220. 4. Ferdinand Wolf, Studien zur Geschichte spanischen und portugiesischen Nationalliteratur (Berlin 1859), 107 n. 5; Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo, ‘Juan Arcipreste Hita’, Antología poetas líricos castellanos, I (1892; Enrique Sánchez Reyes, Santander 1944), 257–314, 289, 304, 1; Luis Alborg, Historia la literatura española: Edad Media y Renacimiento, 1970), 271; ‘Some aspects parody Ian Michael, function popular tale both Studies, G. B. Gybbon-Monypenny (London 53–78 177–218 respectively, 61, 199. 5. José Bermejo Cabrero, ‘El saber jurídico del Arcipreste’, El . Actas Congreso Internacional. ., M. Criado Val (Barcelona 1973), 409–15. Two other on legal background LBA, included same volume (416–21 422–33 respectively), treat questions: Fernando Murillo Rubiera, ‘Jueces, escribanos letrados en el Francisco Eugenio Díaz, lenguaje amor’. 6. Steven Kirby, Don Ximio law’, Studies Language Literature: Proceedings Twenty–Third Mountain Interstate Foreign Conference, Charles L. Nelson (Richmond, Ky. 1976), 295–300, 298–99; study refutes findings Martín Eizaga Gondra, Un proceso ‘ (Bilbao 1942). conclusions were formed independently following important but obscure item which reached me much later: Lorenzo Polaino Ortega, derecho procesal Revista Derecho Procesal (Madrid), III (1947), 581–621, esp. 589–621, where coincide with mine. Polaino's also appeared as an offprint, distinct pagination 1948), 13–45 correspond those cited above. Cf. Alfonso Sabio, Las Siete Partidas, Real Academia Historia, 3 vols. (1807; Madrid 1972), Book, Title Law. most significant parallels between Partidas ( = SP) outlined my previous article above follows: sts. 325–28 SP 3.2.40, 7.1.14, 4.9.13, 7.1.1, 7.1.26; 329–30 3.2.41, 3.15.1; st. 347c 3.22.5, 3.22.12; 348–52a 3.18.109. 7. Seneca (the elder), Declamations, Michael Winterbottom, 2 Book Section. For see William Edward, trans., Suasoriae, Elder (Cambridge 1928), xxxi–xxxiii, xxxv–xxxvi; F. Bonner, Roman Declamation Late Republic Early Empire (Liverpool 1949); Clarke, Rhetoric Rome: a historical survey 1953), 19,86–97, 125–26. See Ernst Robert Curtius, European Literature Latin Middle Ages, Willard R. Trask (1953;rpt. 1963), 154–55; Erich Auerbach, Literary its Public Antiquity Ralph Manheim (New 240. 8. vixen's defender, however, uses testimony back her exception (sts. 333–38); such is prohibited Archpriest's source 3.16.20; apparent incongruity is, fully explained declamatory practice, speaker could introduce supplementary details he pleased so long did not distort facts case (Edward, xxxii; 92–93). 9. James J. Murphy, Ages: history rhetorical theory from Saint Augustine Renaissance (Berkeley 39 103, 131. Significantly, Marqués Santillana owned MS Seneca's works (including Declamations) dating first half fourteenth century; Mario Schiff, La bibliothèque du Marquis Santillane (1905; Amsterdam 102–03. Regrettably, provenance remains uncertain. Henry H. Carter, ‘Breve apéndice paleográfico’ Diccionario española, Germán Bleiberg Julián Marías, 4th 1195–1243, 1220–21, reproduces one folio transcription another fourteenth-century Controversiae holdings Barcelona's Archivo Corona Aragón. 10. Faulhaber, Rhetorical Theory Thirteenth Fourteenth Century Castile 140–41; ‘Retóricas clásicas medievales bibliotecas castellanas’, Abaco 4, 151 –300, 163–67, 170–74, 182–90; Aristotle, ‘Art’ Rhetoric, John Freese (1926; London 1967); Cicero, De Inventione, Hubbell (1949; 1968); Cicero (?), Rhetorica adHerennium, Harry Caplan (1954; Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, E. Butler, 4 (1920–22; 1966–69). 11. Reynolds Wilson, Scribes Scholars: guide transmission Greek literature, (Oxford 237. 12. Leo Spitzer, ‘En torno al arte Hita’ Lingüistica e historia literaria, 1968), 87–134, 98–99. 13. Paul Vinogradoff, Law Medieval Europe, Zulueta 1929), 53; Bolgar, Classical Heritage Beneficiaries Carolingian Age End 1964), 147. 14. Julio Puyol Alonso, Hita: estudio critico 1906), 100–01, for additional support. 15. Van Kleffens, Hispanic until Ages (Edinburgh 211. 16. conclusion story truly exercise accounts fact epigraph S does call passage ensiemplo, alleged error according María Rosa Lida Malkiel's ‘Nuevas notas para interpretación (1959), Ruiz: selección estudios críticos, Yakov Malkiel Alberto Vàrvaro (Buenos Aires 205–87, p. 211 17. At least fourteenth–century Nicholas Trivet's commentary Declamations existed Spain; Bartolomé Gallardo, Ensayo una biblioteca española libros raros curiosos, (1866; Appendix, 150, 163. 18. Rita Hamilton, digression confession ‘LBA’ (see 4), 149–57. Hamilton (154) Deyermond (57–59) concede certain episodes would appeal mainly particular, highly educated audience. Lecoy (348) Auerbach (324), hand, affirm global all levels society. 19. Yunck, Lineage Lady Meed: development medieval venality satire (Notre Dame 147, 158–59; cf. H.J. Chaytor, From Script Print: introduction vernacular literature (1945: Folcroft, Pa. 68: ‘At uneducated half-educated classes society have prone believe use sonorous phrases, unusual words involved sentence construction indicative high degree mental power.’ 69. Paradoxically, learned digressions subjects law more common rather than literary thirteenth centuries; Alice Lasater, Spain England: comparative Arabic, English (Jackson, Miss. Although litigants oiler bribes (St. 342), judge probably acts honourably 341d, 347b, 351d). Nevertheless, mediaeval people enjoyed linking apes deceit, hypocrisy ill-gotten wealth (H. W. Janson, Apes Ape Lore [London 1952], 36, 114). Surely relished ambiguity produced presenting virtuous ape audience accustomed association corruption. But who term episode parodic reason must forget parody, be effective, should ‘simplified’ sharply focused ‘single target’, since ‘parody cannot afford taken real thing’ (George Watson, Study [New 1969], 95, 100, 144). 20. revised paper read Spanish 1 : section ninetieth annual MLA Convention, held San Francisco, California, 26–29 December 1975.
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