João Lobeira
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João Lobeira was a Portuguese
troubadour of the time of King Afonso III
, who is supposed to have been the first to reduce into prose the story of Amadis de Gaula
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Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos
, in her masterly edition of the Cancioneiro da Ajuda Halle, 1904, vol. 1. pp. 523-524), gives some biographical notes on Lobeira, who is represented in the Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional
(Halle, 1880) by five poems (Nos. 230-233). In number 230, Lobeira uses the same ritournelle that Oriana
sings in Amadis de Gaula, and this has led to his being generally considered by modern supporters of the Portuguese case to have been the author of the romance, in preference to Vasco de Lobeira
, to whom the prose original was formerly ascribed.
The folklorist A. Thomas Pires (in his Vasco de Lobeira, Elvas, 1905), following the old tradition, would identify the novelist with a man of that name who flourished in Elvas at the close of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century, but the documents he publishes contain no reference to this Lobeira being a man of letters.
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troubadour of the time of King Afonso III
Afonso III of Portugal
Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian , the fifth King of Portugal and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249...
, who is supposed to have been the first to reduce into prose the story of Amadis de Gaula
Amadis de Gaula
Amadis de Gaula is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales which were in vogue in 16th century Iberian Peninsula, and formed the earliest reading of many Renaissance and Baroque writers, although it was written at the onset of the 14th century.The first known printed edition was published...
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Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, born Karoline Michaelis was a German-Portuguese romanist.She was born in Berlin as the last of five children of Gustav Michaelis, a mathematics teacher...
, in her masterly edition of the Cancioneiro da Ajuda Halle, 1904, vol. 1. pp. 523-524), gives some biographical notes on Lobeira, who is represented in the Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional
Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional
The Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional , commonly called Colocci-Brancuti, is a compilation of Galician-Portuguese lyrics by both troubadours and jograes...
(Halle, 1880) by five poems (Nos. 230-233). In number 230, Lobeira uses the same ritournelle that Oriana
Oriana
Oriana is primarily a female given name, widespread, even if not very common, in European languages.-Possible roots of the name:Its etymological origins are probably mixed...
sings in Amadis de Gaula, and this has led to his being generally considered by modern supporters of the Portuguese case to have been the author of the romance, in preference to Vasco de Lobeira
Vasco de Lobeira
Vasco de Lobeira was a medieval writer to whom is attributed the prose original of the romance Amadis de Gaula. In the Portuguese Chronicle of Gomes Eannes de Azurara , the writing of Amadís is attributed to Vasco de Lobeira, who was dubbed knight after the Battle of Aljubarrota...
, to whom the prose original was formerly ascribed.
The folklorist A. Thomas Pires (in his Vasco de Lobeira, Elvas, 1905), following the old tradition, would identify the novelist with a man of that name who flourished in Elvas at the close of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century, but the documents he publishes contain no reference to this Lobeira being a man of letters.