| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fray Antonio de Guevara, Libro llamado Menosprecio de corte y alabanza de aldea. | 1539 | 16cent/2/mid | Valladolid | Castilla-León |
reference to the vihuela: [because the damage is not from many strings on the vihuela, but in lacking wise men at court].
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-fiction print | Literature Vihuelas |
…porque no está el daño en tener vihuela muchas cuerdas, sino en faltar de la corte muchos cuerdos.
| Name | Status when cited | Social status |
|---|---|---|
| Guevara, Fray Antonio de | Living | Ecclesiastical |
An ironic statement based on word play in which there is the identification of vihuela and court, vihuela and wise government in the Humanist sense: “porque no está el daño en tener vihuela muchas cuerdas, sino en faltar de la corte muchos cuerdos” [because the damage is not from many strings on the vihuela, but in lacking wise men at court].