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1. Fray Antonio de Guevara (c. 1480-1545) and the maritime voyages in the Mediterranean through his Arte de marear

   Jesús Fernando CÁSEDA TERESA

   Original title: Fray Antonio de Guevara (c. 1480-1545) y los viajes marítimos en el Mediterráneo a través de su Arte de marear

   Published in Intercultural Mediterranean

   Keywords: Antonio de Guevara, Arte de marear, Chronicle, Rhetoric, Sixteenth Century.

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   Throughout this study, and after situating the text and the reasons for it writing historically, I call it antichronicle, a true contrafactum to the chronicles of the Indies and the diving arts of its time. I link it to the warnings and to the relationships of events and I analyze its rhetorical structure, the influence of the thematic sermon and of the ars praedicandi. I refer to the important relationship with the printer Juan de Villaquirán. And finally, I study two fundamental themes in the work: humour and self-satire on the one hand, and his observational point of view on contemporary uses and customs on the other.

2. A Ver Navios: sea, love, solitude, diaspora and nostalgia in Sephardic songbook (15th century)

   Antonio Celso RIBEIRO

   Original title: A Ver Navios: mar, amor, solidão, diáspora e nostalgia no cancioneiro sefardita (século XV)

   Published in Intercultural Mediterranean

   Keywords: Love, Music, Nostalgia, Sea, Sephardic songbook, Solitude.

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   The aim of the present work is to analyse the intertextual relationships present in the Sephardic songbook, based on the symbolism of the sea and its implications in Sephardic culture, focusing on the theme of love, loneliness and nostalgia in the diaspora. To this end, some songs that fit into these sections will be analyzed, discussing how they reflected the Jewish soul and the pain of exile.

3. Diseases of the soul in the writings of Gregory of Nyssa: A metaphor or a true analogy?

   María Teresa GARGIULO

   Original title: Enfermedades del alma en los escritos de Gregorio de Nisa ¿Una metáfora o una verdadera analogía?

   Published in Intercultural Mediterranean

   Keywords: Ancient Science, Ancient medicine, Galen, Gregory of Nyssa, Illness of the Soul.

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   The figure of Christ the doctor runs through the vast majority of apostolic and patristic writings. Christ presents himself as the healer of men's sins. Therefore, it should not surprise us that this medicinal metaphor was extended to a large part of moral and theological writings until the middle of the 13th century. Sin is presented, metaphorically, as a disease of the soul. Now, if we look at certain writings of the Cappadocian fathers, particularly those of Gregory of Nyssa, the medical metaphor in certain cases is replaced by a true analogy. Diseases of the soul are not only metaphorically predicated on moral dispositions and sin, but they are understood in themselves as an authentic participation of the soul in human illness. Galenic medicine seems to have had a direct impact on this new understanding of the illness of the soul.

4. The portal and the rose window in the Praise 1 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X (13th century)

   Bárbara DANTAS

   Original title: O portal e a rosácea no Louvor 1 das Cantigas de Santa Maria de Afonso X (século XIII)

   Published in Intercultural Mediterranean

   Keywords: Alfonso X, Architecture, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Virgin Mary.

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   The Cantigas de Santa Maria, in addition to their most obvious characteristic, that of King Alfonso X's homage to the Virgin Mary, through hundreds of praises, accounts of miracles and their corresponding images – in particular, more than four hundred full-page historical illuminations – are for us, art historians, a summary of medieval life, not only in the kingdoms of León and Castile, ruled by the Wise King in the second half of the 13th century, but throughout Europe and its surroundings. An example of this is right at the beginning of the Alfonsine compendium, in the Praise 1, since its 2nd stanza, as well as vignette 2 of the illumination, tell of an important event that took place in Bethlehem: the birth of Jesus. Focusing on this stanza and vignette – but without losing sight of the main theme of the praise of the Virgin, her seven moments of extreme happiness, or “goyos” in Galician language –, this article correlates biblical texts with the themes addressed in the Praise 1 of the Cantigas; it also correlates religion and architecture, goodness and beauty, as well as holiness and perfection of forms. Let us then delve into the religious universe that underpins the creation of the Gothic portal and rose window, according to the vision of Alfonso X and his Cantigas de Santa Maria.

5. The War of Granada: Translation from Latin into Spanish and English and Study of Historical Fragments by Elio Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522)

   Enric MALLORQUÍ-RUSCALLEDA

   Original title: La Guerra de Granada: traducción del latín al español e inglés y estudio de fragmentos históricos de Elio Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522)

   Published in Intercultural Mediterranean

   Keywords: Elio Antonio de Nebrija, Latin translation, Medieval Literature, Reconquest, War of Granada.

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   This paper presents a series of direct translations of Nebrija’s Latin and the edition and annotation of fragments of the historical work Guerra de Granada (De Bello Granatensi) by Elio Antonio de Nebrija. Based on the outstanding edition of the Latin text by Prof. Dr. María Luisa Arribas Hernáez, the article is addressed to scholars, students of classical philology and history, and anyone interested in the history of the Reconquista and medieval literature. This first instalment of what is expected to be a complete translation of Nebrija’s text in both English and Spanish offers an invaluable tool for researching and studying this text published in 1545. In addition to improving the Spanish translation and creating an English version, cultural notes have been included to enrich the understanding of the text.

Issue (Mirabilia Ars)

1. On issues of Art and Aesthetics

   Sobre cuestiones de Arte y Estética

   Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

   Mirabilia Ars 01 (2014/2)

   

2. El Poder de la Imagen. Ideas y funciones de las representaciones artísticas

   Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

   Mirabilia Ars 02 (2015/1)

   

3. La Imagen del Poder. Epifanías de la Potestas

   Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

   Mirabilia Ars 03 (2015/2)

   

4.  Ars moriendi. Ideas, ritos e imágenes de la muerte

   Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

   Mirabilia Ars 04 (2016/1)

   

5. The body in occidental aesthetics

   Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

   Mirabilia Ars 05 (2016/2)