Poems by Pedro Laynez
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
- Lainez, Pedro, 1538?-1584 (Person)
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
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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