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Poems by Pedro Laynez

 Collection
Call Number: MS A14

Overview

Book containing a fair copy of a collection of poems in the author's hand, probably written in Madrid, Spain. Contains a signed dedication, dedicatory [?] poem to Jacopo Boncempagni, and 26 other sonetos, canciones, villancicos, and stanze, some macaronic with Italian.

Dates

  • Creation: before 1584; perhaps before 1571

Creator

Language of Materials

Spanish; Italian

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of Pedro Laynes, 1538?-1584

Pedro Laynes was a courtier (in the personal service of Don Carlos, the deranged son of Philip II, died 1568); poet; and friend of Cervantes. No work of his was published until 1950.

Extent

1 volume : Bound in tan goatskin (or calfskin), polished. Gilt rules and stamps on spine. 20th century. Foliated:[i-iii] 1-37 [iv-ix] (excluding 3 leaves of modern free end-papers). (The leaf-numbers are modern, perhaps by binder or bookdealer.) Text written in cancellaresca on paper support. ; 14.3 x 10.7 cm

Scope and Contents

The manuscript is continuously written. Items are numbered in this description for ease of reference only; no item numbers appear in the manuscript.

The following items apparently have not been published: 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, and 28.

Leaves i-ix are blank (except for some inky scratches); leaves 2v and 37 are blank.

Mixed Italian and Spanish: 24, 25, 26.

Physical Location

MS A14

Custodial History

Marked with red crayon "8" on i recto; “xviii” on ii recto. In Kraus's hands by 1955 (see Serís)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

H.P. Kraus, by March 1958.

Bibliography

  • Serís, Homero.Un nuevo manuscrito con poesias ineditas de Laynez., Bulletin Hispanique LVII:3 (1955): 325-326.
  • Entrambasaguas, Joaquin de, ed. Obras [de Pedro Laynez]. Madrid, 1951.
Title
Guide to the Pedro Laynez Manuscript
Subtitle
Poems by Pedro Laynez
Author
Finding aid prepared by alh, June 4, 1981. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0068259392
Preferred citation
Poems by Pedro Laynez, Department of Special Collections, MS A14, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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