La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna

Following on the discovery in the BNE [National Library of Spain] of manuscript MSS/74—an extensive anthology of 16th century letters and mystic opuscules—it was possible to identify two of the three anonymous «alphabets» devoted to the love of God at the end of this compendium: in fact they are two...

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Main Author: Estelle Garbay-Velázquez
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Language:Spanish
Published: Casa de Velázquez 2013-11-01
Series:Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/5271
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description Following on the discovery in the BNE [National Library of Spain] of manuscript MSS/74—an extensive anthology of 16th century letters and mystic opuscules—it was possible to identify two of the three anonymous «alphabets» devoted to the love of God at the end of this compendium: in fact they are two alphabetical poems by Francisco de Osuna. An unpublished example of manuscript versions of the poems of Osuna, an Andalusian Franciscan, these alphabets present significant differences from the printed versions contained in the Second and the Fourth Spiritual Alphabets. A comparison of the two versions and a close analysis of these differences makes it clear that the poems circulated in oral and manuscript form among spiritual circles of a more or less alumbrado persuasion, and suggest the need to restate the question of the origins of the first four volumes of the Spiritual Alphabet, based on the prose glossa of the alphabetical poems. As for the third «alphabet», although it contains formal and thematic features which recall Osuna’s verses, we as yet lack sufficient evidence to categorically affirm his authorship.
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spellingShingle Estelle Garbay-Velázquez
La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez
Alphabetical poems
Alumbrados
Francisco de Osuna
Love
Manuscript
Spiritual Alphabets
title La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
title_full La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
title_fullStr La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
title_full_unstemmed La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
title_short La circulación manuscrita de los poemas alfabéticos de Francisco de Osuna
title_sort la circulacion manuscrita de los poemas alfabeticos de francisco de osuna
topic Alphabetical poems
Alumbrados
Francisco de Osuna
Love
Manuscript
Spiritual Alphabets
url https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/5271
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