A volume of paper leaves (191 folios) in a vellum binding, containing the manuscript of an anonymous Spanish text, entitled 'Claridoro i Rosamira: poema mixto', dedicated 'Al antizipado ingenio i antevisto valor de Baltasar Carlos, Gran principe de Espanna i seor nostro', to the valour of Prince Baltasar Carlos of Spain, Prince of Asturias (1629-46). The text is a romantic work, largely in prose, divided into seven books, set on the island of Crete. The manuscript is a fair copy, written throughout by a single hand, but with emendations by several other hands.
'Claridoro i Rosamira: poema mixta'
This material is held atUniversity of Southampton Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 738 MS 19
- Dates of Creation
- n.d. eighteenth century
- Language of Material
- Spanish or Castilian.
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Manuscript of an anonymous Spanish text.
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