Miguel de Cervantes was a passionate man, intelligent, impulsive, with great mental agility and loving little routines, as reflected in handwriting analysis of the twelve autographs today known author of ‘ Don Quixote ‘, now gathered in a facsimile edition.
Because no manuscripts of the literary Cervantes , the importance of these twelve autographs is even greater because they reflect “the DNA of Cervantes man,” he said today Jose Manuel Lucia Megías , Chairman of the Association of Cervantes during the presentation at the headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy of the singular issue made by the Scientific Circle Libraria Tavern.
The twelve pieces, of which eight are fully autograph, while the remaining are partially or exclusively by the signature , just “let go into the intricacies of life or literary Cervantes “, but show” path exceptional for a man who stubbornly accompanied the failure and the end of his life, having worn in unworthy pursuits of his talent, gave birth to a work great. “
Those words for the preface that the director of the SAR, Dario Villanueva has written for this international limited edition of 1616 copies, authenticated by affidavit, the Post is “kick off” to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Cervantes. Its price is around 600 euros.
In his speech today, Villanueva drew attention to the delay carrying the Commemoration official centenary Cervantes, in contrast to the multitude of events to be announced in the UK to mark the fourth centenary of the death of Shakespeare .
The centenary Cervantes’ Spain is a chance that should not pass without echo and resonance “that the author of ‘ Don Quixote ‘ deserve, Villanueva said. The twelve autographs appear dated between 1582, the first one, and 1604, the last, and now published together and accompanied by a comprehensive study writing Cervantes.
The first document is a letter to the secretary of the Council of the Indies Lisbon , where Cervantes confesses his ” disappointment “at not having seen” served your application for a post in the administration of the Indies. “
In the ten documents that follow, speaks” of the fatigue , of the troubles and even the miseries that between 1588 and 1591, Miguel de Cervantes had to suffer for Andalusia as Royal Commissioner for the provision of the galleys of His Majesty, “Villanueva added.
And in the last, dated Valladolid , in July 1604, Cervantes asked the king” license and privilege twenty years to publish ‘The ingenious gentleman of La Mancha’, “the title given in the text.
autographs are preserved scattered in various institutions, including the General Archive of Simancas, National Historical Archive, National Library of Spain, Royal Spanish Academy, Rosembach Museum Library of Philadelphia and the Cervantes Society of Madrid.
The three autographs that are in Philadelphia (USA.) disappeared from Spain in the nineteenth century, probably stolen from Simancas in the invasion French or “broken off” from the File , as I said today prudently Elisa Ruiz Garcia , professor emeritus of Paleography .
To prepare the facsimile edition, Elisa Ruiz moved to Philadelphia and there found that one of the autographs was incomplete. Returning to Spain , the paleograph found in Simancas , “by a stroke of luck,” the piece that was missing.
Joseph Manuel Lucia spoke with emotion of “Cervantes footprints” on these twelve autographs, Ruiz García explained the kind of “slow, careful and elegant” Cervantes writing, writing in ” bastard letter “, the favorite of the season, and splashing the text of” unmotivated case “.
The academic Juan Gil has thoroughly studied the spelling de Cervantes in these autographs, of which “the simplicity” that writing is clear. At that time the spelling was not yet fixed and Cervantes liked to “adapting writing to speech.” Dispensed with double consonants (“correction”) or other consonant clusters (“Otubre”, “September”).
The spelling study, said Juan Gil, also shows that editors “not respected the spelling of Cervantes ” or even the “b” from “Cerbantes” with the novelist always signed.
“The editors betray and put Cervantes with v, contrary to the depths of the author “. Sandra Hill has realized the handwriting analysis of the twelve text Cervantes and thus has been able to deduct “psychology” of the writer, “his character, his emotional side.”
Cervantes “was a man passionate . trying to maintain the kind but always swayed by their pulse . It was” very active and loving little routines “. It was “ spontaneously ” and “ optimistic “, despite all that suffered in life, claimed today the graphologist.
In his letter also “ wit ” and creative capacity, “ intelligence .” is clear and in a letter written from the jail , to put “Prison “capitalized, it will note” emotional impact “that caused him to be imprisoned, Hill said.
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