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Ledesma y Mansilla, Jacinto, O. P. (¿?-1626-¿?)
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Son ciertamente escasos los datos biográficos que poseemos del dominico dominico Fr. Jacinto de Ledesma y Mansilla. Al parecer nació en Talarrubias (Badajoz). Como se hace constar al comienzo de su obra profesaba en el convento de San Pedro Mártir de Toledo.
A él debemos los Dos libros que tratan de la lengua primera de España, que se han conservado en varias copias manuscritas, la más antigua de ellas se halla en la BNE (mss/8398). Las otras dos son del siglo XVIII, una también en la BNE (mss/5943), y la otra en la biblioteca de la Real Academia Española (manuscrito 113). La obra está fechada en Toledo, 1626. En su interior aparecen unas breves listas de voces de origen griego, fenicio, godo, vándalo, e incluso de voces españolas sin origen alguno según el autor. Posee no pocos errores de apreciación, más evidentes desde nuestra perspectiva actual, pese a su pretensión de probar cuanto dice con la autoridad de escritores notables. Afirma que la primera lengua de España fue la que trajo Túbal, pero que no era el vasco; después vinieron los romanos que impusieron la suya, y más tarde llegaron otros pueblos con sus lenguas. Fue uno de los autores que tuvieron en cuenta los redactores del Diccionario de autoridades.
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- Dos libros que tratan de la lengua primera de España, 1626, Biblioteca Nacional de España, mss/8398.
- Dos libros que tratan de la lengua primera de España, s. XVIII, Biblioteca Nacional de España, mss/5943.
- Dos libros que tratan de la lengua primera de España, s. XVIII, Biblioteca de la Real Academia Española, manuscrito 113.
Bibliografía
- Crespo Tobarra, Carmen (coord.), Catálogo de los manuscritos de la Real Academia Española, Anejo L del Boletín de la Real Academia Española, Madrid, 1991, págs. 118-119.
- Inventario general de manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional, XII (7001 a 8499), Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1988, pág. 324.
- Inventario general de manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional, XI (5700 a 7000), Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1987, pág. 63.
- Schmitt, Christian, «Sprachgeschichte im Dienste der Nationalgeschichte. Zu den Dos libros de la lengua primera de España von Jacinto de Ledesma y Mansilla», en Wolfgang Dahmen, Günter Holtus, Johannes Kramer, Michael Metzeltin y Peter Wunderli, Zur Geschichte der Grammatiken romanischer Sprachen. Romanistisches Kolloquium IV, Gunter Narr, Tubinga, 1991, págs. 243-256.
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