Techniques and instruments for Studying the Autograph Manuscripts of Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega's autographs allow us to approach the genesis of a play, analyse the cross-outs, changes and additions of the playwright and understand his modus operandi. Moreover, these documents also contain annotations and corrections of other agents involved in the Golden Age Theatre market t...

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Autor: Boadas, Sònia|||0000-0001-5616-1872
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:326491
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/326491
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.13035/H.2020.08.02.30
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lope de Vega
Autograph Manuscripts
Spectral photography
X-ray Fluorescence
X-Raman
Manuscritos autógrafos
Fotografía hiperespectral
Fluorescencia de Rayos X
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Sumario:Lope de Vega's autographs allow us to approach the genesis of a play, analyse the cross-outs, changes and additions of the playwright and understand his modus operandi. Moreover, these documents also contain annotations and corrections of other agents involved in the Golden Age Theatre market that could substantially modify the text. On many occasions, the philological and codicological analysis only allows making hypotheses about what happened and does not offer reliable solutions to questions about the composition of theatrical text.Through this paper, we present the results of the analysis of several of Lope de Vega auto-graph manuscripts done with techniques and instruments related to photography and spectroscopy ranging from spectral photography to X-ray fluorescence. We shall demonstrate that the application of these techniques to the study of man-uscripts from the Spanish Drama of the Golden Age will also make it possible to obtain information that is relevant to and valuable in delving into the development and circulation of a particular work, but also in gaining a much more complete un-derstanding of the formation of Spanish classical theatre.