Juan de Molina, autor (not translator) of the «Vergel de Nuestra Señora»

• Main Author: Carme Arronis Llopis
• Format: Article
• Language: Catalan
• Published: Universitat de Girona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2013-12-01
• Series: Studia Aurea: Revista de Literatura Española y Teoría Literaria del Renacimiento y Siglo de Oro
• Subjects: juan de molina; miquel peres; vergel de nuestra señora; gamaliel; literatura mariana; traducción; virgen maría
• Online Access: https://studiaaurea.com/article/view/88

Juan de Molina, a main figure of the cultural Valencian scene in the Early Modern Age, is known especially for its Castilian translations of historical and edifying Latin works. But he also translated Catalan devotional texts into Castilian, such as the anonymous story of <em>Gamaliel</em> and la <em>Vida de la sacratíssima Verge Maria</em> of Miquel Peres —this one under the title of <em>Vergel de Nuestra Señora</em>—. Both translations have been scarcely studied, and both deserve some new explanations, especially regarding to <em>Vergel</em>, because despite Molina claims to be the translator of Peres’ text in the prologue, actually the resulting work is, as we will show, an original composition of the bachelor, which is quite far from the Valencian text. <br />