The Descriptio Civitatis Sanctae Fidei (National Library of Colombia, RM 4) of Fernando Fernández de Valenzuela: Introduction, Edition and Spanish Translation

Authors

  • Gemma Bernadó Ferrer Universidad de Los Andes
  • Rodrigo Verano Liaño Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23808/rel.v17i0.82794

Keywords:

Humanism; Colonial America; New Kingdom of Granada; Santa Fe (Bo- gota); Carthusian writers; Descriptions of cities; Fernando Fernández de Valenzuela.

Abstract

This paper contains the edition and Spanish translation of the first Latin description of the city of Santa Fe (currently Bogotá), in the New Kingdom of Granada, written in 1629 by the creole humanist Fernando Fernández de Valenzuela at the age of twelve. The Descriptio is part of the proemium of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, a compendium of grammar composed by the same author and preserved in a manuscript from the National Library of Colombia (ms. RM 4).

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2020-08-21

How to Cite

Bernadó Ferrer, G. and Verano Liaño, R. (2020) “The Descriptio Civitatis Sanctae Fidei (National Library of Colombia, RM 4) of Fernando Fernández de Valenzuela: Introduction, Edition and Spanish Translation”, Revista de Estudios Latinos, 17, pp. 201–219. doi: 10.23808/rel.v17i0.82794.

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Vol. 17 (2017)

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