A critic revision about the manuscript transmission of the Cantar de mio Cid in its copies from 18th century

Abstract

In this paper, we revise the reception process and the transmission of the Cantar de mio Cid in 18th century. For this purpose, we compare the testimonies of the Cantar dated in this period (among these, the copies made by Sarmiento and Cándido María Trigueros) with a copy from the beginning of 16th century and the Medieval codex unicus. We follow the critic method of the significant mistake to make the filiation of those testimonies. As a result, we propose the existence of archetypes in the manuscript transmission of the Cantar from Middle Ages to 18th century, and that could be decisive for the knowledge of the text in Spanish Enlightenment.

Keywords

• crítica textual
• estema
• disertación sobre el verso suelto y la rima
• destierro del cid
• épica.