An old Spanish tale from Add. Ms. 14040, flf. 113r-114v: 'Exenplo que acaes?io en tierra de Damasco a la buena duenna clime?ia que avia veynte annos e la me?ia en cuna

摘要

THE main body of Add. MS. 14040 contains three translations into Castihan: RamonLull's 'Libre del gentil e los tres savis' (ff. 1-85V) in a version by Gonçalo Sanches deUseda and his 'Coment del dictat' (ff. 86r-iiir) from the Catalan, and an extract fromthe Flores Sancti Bernardi, probably from the Latin (ff. iiiv-ii2v). The first text iscopied in one hand, the second and third in another. The text published here for the firsttime (see figs. 2-5) was added to the manuscript between 1406 (the date of compositionor copying ofthe Flores version) and its acquisition by Hernando Colon (d. 1539), whoadded his mark of ownership at the bottom off. ii4v. The copyist of our text doubtlessthought the story suitable for inclusion because it cites the Flores at 11. 90-3.