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Exhibition of the National Museum of Underwater Archeology, extended until February 28] | Due to the interest aroused, the Museum extends the exhibition dedicated to Cervantes until February 28 |

On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, which is being commemorated this year, the National Museum of Underwater Archeology inaugurated a temporary exhibition on 19 December, "Cervantes, from Cartagena to Parnassus", due to the interest aroused by the exhibition , Can be visited until February 28, free of charge in the temporary exhibition room of the Museum.

The main focus of the exhibition is the poem that Cervantes wrote about the city of Cartagena in his 1614 work "Viaje del Parnaso", in his first chapter:

"With this I gradually arrived at the port

To whom those of Carthage gave name,

Closed to all winds and undercover

And whose clear and singular renown

They prostrate how many ports the sea bathes,

Discover the sun and the man has sailed. "

Miguel de Cervantes was, as far as we know, twice in Cartagena: one in 1568 and another in 1581. The writer made the city appear in several of his works, but in the most well-known "Viaje del Parnaso", 1614, Dedicated a poem in chained triplets.

Certainly, it is very difficult to find a Spanish city to which Cervantes has immortalized with a poem;

And that, moreover, be as brief as complimentary.

But even more: the verses of Cervantes speak exclusively of the maritime part of the city: its port, which establishes a direct link with the mission, objectives and purpose of our Museum.

For all this, the Museum wants to take advantage of the IV Centenary of the death of the writer to highlight both his presence in the city, and the singularity and strength of the verses that he dedicated, an aspect of the Cervantine studies that has not developed until today .

Through the exhibition, visitors will be able to see what Cervantes was like in the Cervantine era by authors such as Dávalos (1541), Texeira (1634) and Possi (1670), as well as discover the characters That throughout history have been linked to the city, from Hasdrubal and Hannibal, passing through Polybius, Scipio Emiliano, Octavio Augusto, Justinian, San Isidoro and Alfonso X the wise.

The exhibition shows a facsimile of the original edition of the book of 1614. In studying this edition the Museum has been able to verify, as explained in the exhibition, the existence of an important errata in this poem that drag all the modern editions from the From 1784 until today.

All the texts that collect the poem transcribe "singular renown", however, when studying the two copies of the prince edition of 1614 that are conserved in the National Library of Madrid it was verified that what Cervantes published is: "Without equal reputation" .

It has been proven that it was the 1784 edition that produced the error that has since been dragging.

This "singular" discovery endowed with greater strength and sense to the review by the historical personages that we have realized: Cervantes does not see Cartagena as a city of "singular renown" among others, but "without equal."

Source: Agencias