Autograph emendations and veiled sources in La buena guarda of Lope de Vega

[Resumen] Este trabajo pretende analizar algunas de las enmiendas que Lope realizó en el manuscrito autógrafo de la comedia La buena guarda, custodiado en los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, y más concretamente aquellas que tienen relación con dos nombres propios: Guzmán y Montalvo. El estudio de las mismas, así como de la finalidad con la que Lope revisó la comedia indican que las correcciones de estos nombres tienen como finalidad suprimir dos fuentes literarias de la comedia: la segunda parte apócrifa del Guzmán de Alfarache y la Corónica del Orden del Cister de fray Bernabé de Montalvo[Abstract This paper analyses some of the emendations that Lope made in the autograph manuscript of the comedy La buena guarda, kept in the funds of the National Library of Spain, and specifically those that relate to two names: Guzmán and Montalvo. The study of them, as well as the purpose for which Lope reviewed the comedy show that corrections of these names are intended to remove two literary sources of comedy: the second apocryphal part of Guzmán de Alfarache and the Corónica del Orden del Cister of Bernabé de MontalvoMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad; FFI2012-3595

Del emblema a la máxima : aproximación a la posteridad de las Empresas políticas de Saavedra

El descubrimiento de un volumen manuscrito que recoge gran cantidad de máximas políticas procedentes de las Empresas políticas del escritor y diplomático murciano Diego de Saavedra Fajardo en los fondos españoles de la British Library pone de manifiesto la importancia que había adquirido esta obra emblemática pocos años después de su publicación. El estudio de esta particular adaptación de las Empresas, junto con la evolución del estilo y de la obra de Antonio Pérez y de Baltasar Gracián, nos ayuda a dilucidar el destino de la prosa lacónica.The discovery of a manuscript volume containing a large number of political maxims taken from the Empresas políticas of the Murcia-born writer and diplomat Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, now amongst the Spanish holdings of the British Library, highlights the importance that this emblematic work attained just a few years after its publication. The study of this adaptation of Empresas, together with the development of the style and work of Antonio Pérez and Baltasar Gracián, helps us to elucidate the destiny of laconic prose

El intento de impresión de los «Comentarii sopra Cornelio Tacito» de Traiano Boccalini en la corte española (1643-1652)

Con su repentina muerte en 1613, Traiano Boccalini dejó inéditos sus Comentarii sopra Cornelio Tacito, una obra que tardó más de medio siglo en aparecer en letras de molde. Durante este tiempo, los herederos del Lauretano intentaron publicar la herencia intelectual de su padre en las principales cortes europeas a cambio de algún beneficio económico. Gracias al descubrimiento de varios documentos inéditos, este artículo recompone el arduo y vano intento de publicación de los Comentarii por parte de su hijo, Aurelio Boccalini, bajo el auspicio de la corte española. La reconstrucción de este proceso pone de manifiesto las estrategias que se urdieron desde la corte madrileña para evitar a toda costa la publicación de un texto que criticaba duramente la Monarquía española.Because of his sudden death in 1613, Traiano Boccalini left unpublished their Comentarii sopra Cornelio Tacito, a work that took more than half a century to appear in print. During this time, the heirs of the lauretano attempted to publish the intellectual inheritance from his father in the major European courts in exchange for some economic benefit. Thanks to the discovery of several previously unpublished documents, this article reconstructs the arduous and vain attempt to publish the Comentarii by his son, Aurelio Boccalini, under the auspices of the Spanish Court. The reconstruction of this process highlights the strategies that are concocted from the Madrid Court to avoid at all costs the publication of a text that was harshly critical of the Spanish monarchy

Closed-form equation for natural frequencies of beams under full range of axial loads modeled with a spring-mass system

A new simple closed-form equation that accurately predicts the effect of an arbitrarily large constant axial load, residual stress or temperature shift on the natural frequencies of an uniform single-span beam, with various end conditions, is presented. Its accuracy and applicability range are studied by comparing its predictions with numerical simulations and with the approximate Galef’s and Bokaian’s formulas. The new equation may be understood as a refinement or extension of these two approximate formulas. Significant accuracy and applicability range improvements are achieved, especially near the buckling point and for large and moderate axial load. The new closed-form equation is applicable in the full range of axial load, i.e., from the buckling load to the tensioned-string limit. It also models well the beam-to-string transition region for the eight boundary conditions studied. It works remarkably well in the free-free and sliding-free cases, where it is a near-exact solution. In addition, it yields the natural frequencies of a 1-D spring-mass system that may be used to model tensioned beams, and potentially, more complex systems.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Joan Duns Escot i els escotistes catalans

La filosofia del segle XIV a la Corona d'Aragó no s'entén sense les aportacions dels seguidors de Joan Duns Escot. Semblantment, l'escotisme no pot ser copsat sense l'allau de deixebles de l'escocès que van actuar a casa nostra. Aquest feliç intercanvi, amb derivacions tant pel que fa al naixement de la modernitat com en la seva incidència política perdurà fins al Renaixement, especialment a través de les edicions de la nova impremta. Amb el barroc sorgeix una segona onada d'escotistes al voltant de la Universitat de Cervera, la influència dels quals es pot trobar fins a començaments del segle XX.The philosophy of the Fourteenth Century in the Crown of Aragon cannot be understood without the contribution of Jon Duns Scotus' followers. Similarly, Scotism itself cannot be fully grasped without the avalanche of Scotus' disciples acting in Catalonia. This privileged exchange had many derivations, specially in the birth of Modernity and the political influence at the Royal Court. During the Renaissance Period, mainly through the printed editions, some hints can be traced. But a second wave of Scotists appear specially around the University of Cervera

Curvature of BEOL cantilevers in CMOS-MEMS processes

© 2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes,creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.This paper presents the curvature characterization results of released back-end-of-line 5 µm-wide cantilevers for two different 0.18-µm 1P6M complementary metal-oxide semiconductor microelectromechanical systems processes. Results from different runs and lots from each foundry are presented. The methodology and accuracy of the characterization approach, based on optical measurements of test cantilever curvature, are also discussed. Special emphasis is given to the curvature average and variability as a function of the number of stacked layers. Analythical equations for modeling the bending behavior of stacked cantilevers as a function of the tungsten (W) vias that join the metal layers are presented. In addition, the effect of various post-processing conditions and design techniques on the curvature of both single and stacked cantilevers is analyzed. In particular, surpassing certain time-dependent temperature stress conditions after release lead to curvature shifts larger than one order of magnitude. Also, the W via design was found to strongly affect the curvature of the test cantilevers.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft