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Los Benavides : comedia original manuscrita

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pn8xj61
Title: Los Benavides : comedia original manuscrita
Name: Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635
Date: 1600
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Drama, autographs, codices (bound manuscripts), plays (performing arts compositions), Manuscripts, Renaissance, Manuscripts, Spanish, Autographs, Specimens, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Autograph manuscript copy of the play Los Benavides, by Lope de Vega Carpio, in the hand of the author. Play in three acts. The author's signature, together with the place and date, are on the verso of the last leaf (at the end of Act III). In the signature, the L of Lope is entwined with the M of Micaela. This monogram also appears at the end of Act II.
Extent: 56 leaves : paper ; 219 x 157 (195 x 75) mm
Language: Spanish; Castilian
Coverage: 711-1516
Note: Ms. codex., Title and attribution taken from later paper wrapper. No overall title in the manuscript., Foliation: [i], 1-17, [ii], 1-17, [ii], 1-17 (each quire separately foliated); contemporary Arabic numerals, upper right recto., Binding: In three quires (each of the three acts in one quire). Not sewn; wrapped in later paper leaf., Origin: Written in Madrid, 15 June 1600., Lope appears to give the play the title "El primero Benavides" (cf. heading before the text of Act II: Del Prim[er]o Benavides Acto 2o)., Note at the end of the text of Act II: Benabides [sic] de Lope de Bega [sic]. 1607., This manuscript has 148 more lines than the first printed text, Parte II, Madrid, 1609. (See Reichenberger, A. "The Cast of Lope's Los Benavides." Homage to John Mill (Indiana University, 1968))., Spanish.
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pn8xj61
Subject: Benavides family Drama, Benavides family, Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635, History, Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 Autographs Specimens
Geographic Subject: Spain, Spain -- History -- 711-1516 -- Drama
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 188
Provenance: Duke of Sessa; Karl Geigy-Hagenbach (Zacour-Hirsch)., Acquired, 1961., Sessa, Luis Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, duque de, 1582-1645?, former owner., Geigy-Hagenbach, Karl, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9915517693503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pn8xj61/manifest

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