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Vexamen que cōpuso y dixo el Br. D[o]n Pedro Alcantara de Neve : vice rector y catedratico en artes la tarde del dia cinco de Henero de 1787, en el r[ea]l y mas antiguo de S[a]n Juan de Letran : manuscript
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Title
Vexamen que cōpuso y dixo el Br. D[o]n Pedro Alcantara de Neve : vice rector y catedratico en artes la tarde del dia cinco de Henero de 1787, en el r[ea]l y mas antiguo de S[a]n Juan de Letran : manuscript.
Production
Mexico City, Mexico, 1787-1792.
Physical Description
1 volume ; 22 cm
Language
Spanish
Notes
Title from title page.
Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, with leather ties.
In Spanish.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edward Wells Southworth Fund, 1918.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Pedro Alcantara de Neve (active 1780s-1790s) was vice rector and professor of arts at Colegio de San Juan de Letrán in Mexico City.
Summary
Manuscript notebook, likely in the hand of Pedro Alcantara de Neve, containing a burlesque relating to a class on the arts. The text poses riddles; includes songs and poems; and discusses poetry, music, and dancing in satirical and humorous ways. The final leaves of the book include a list of 18 people who completed the course, and their employment status in 1792.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2022
References
Pedro Alcantara de Neve, Vexamen que Cōpuso y Dixo el Br. D[o]n Pedro Alcantara de Neve. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Pedro Alcantara de Neve, Vexamen que Cōpuso y Dixo el Br. D[o]n Pedro Alcantara de Neve. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Burlesques (literary works) - Mexico - 18th century.
Poems.
Satires (literary works) - Mexico - 18th century.
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