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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961018403321

Autore

Espinosa Alonso de <16th cent.>

Titolo

The Guanches of Tenerife : the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement / / by the Friar Alonso de Espinosa ; edited by Sir Clements Markham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2010, 1907

ISBN

1-317-02970-4

1-317-02971-2

1-315-55746-0

1-283-12706-7

9786613127068

1-4094-1627-5

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 221 p. : front., maps, facsims

Collana

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; ; 2nd ser., no. 21

Altri autori (Persone)

MarkhamClements R, Sir,  <1830-1916.> (Clements Robert)

Disciplina

964.9

Soggetti

Guanches

Canary Islands Bibliography

Candelaria (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

Tenerife (Canary Islands) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Remnants of the Guanche language" (p. xx-xxvi).

"Report on the present condition of the image of Our Lady of Candelaria, by Miss Ethel Trew" (p. [137]-138).

First published by Ashgate Publishing.

Translation of books I-III, with facsimiles of original t.p. and colophon, of the author's: Del origen y milagros de la santa imagen de Nuestra Senora de Candelaria, que aparecio en la isla de Tenerife, con la descripcion de esta isla. Sevilla, 1594. The fourth book, containing a list of sixty-five miracles, is omitted.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The origin and miracles of the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria -- Table of the chapters -- Table of the miracles in Book IV -- Preface of Alonso de Espinosa -- Report on the present condition of the image of Our Lady of Candelaria -- Bibliography, in four parts.

Sommario/riassunto

Written 1580-90, first published at Seville in 1594, translated with



notes and an introduction. The edition includes a bibliography of the Canary Islands, 1341-1907, pp. 187-203. Translation of books I-III, with facsimiles of original t.p. and colophon, of the author's: Del origen y milagros de la santa imagen de Nuestra Se ora de Candelaria, que aparecio en la isla de Tenerife, con la descripcion de esta isla ... Sevilla, 1594. The fourth book, containing a list of sixty-five miracles, is omitted. Also includes: 'Remnants of the Guanche language': p. xx-xxvi. 'Report on the present condition of the image of Our Lady of Candelaria, by Miss Ethel Trew': p. 137]-138. 'Bibliography of the Canary Islands': p. 139]-201. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1907.