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PEDRO DE PORTUGAL (Condestável D.). COPLAS del Menosprecio e Contempto de las Cosas Fermosas del Mundo. Coimbra. 1976. - PEDRO DE PORTUGAL (Condestável D.) COPLAS del Menosprecio e Contempto de las Cosas Fermosas del Mundo . Edição preparada por Aida Fernanda Dias. Coimbra: Livraria Almedina, 1976. 148 pp.: il.; 265 mm. A critical edition, prepared by Aida Fernanda Dias, of the only poetic work by Constable D. Pedro that reached printed form in the 15th century. The Coplas del Menosprecio e Contempto de las Cosas Fermosas del Mundo , written between 1453 and 1455, constitute a doctrinal poem in verse, articulated in 125 octaves, which explores the great themes of late medieval thought – the fleeting nature of time, fortune, the contempt of the world – in a Christian vein of resignation and meditation. The only known 16th-century edition is the incunabulum of Zaragoza (Pablo Hurus, c. 1490), with commentary by António de Urrea; the Coplas were also collected, erroneously attributed to the author's father, in the Cancioneiro Geral of Garcia de Resende (Lisbon, 1516). Aida Fernanda Dias' edition features an introductory study on the Constable and the Coplas , notes on the poetic text, an appendix, a bibliography, an index of names, and a vocabulary. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate