Posted on 03/17/2015 3:06:45 PM PDT by the scotsman
'Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Spain's much-loved giant of literature, Miguel de Cervantes, nearly 400 years after his death.
They believe they have found the bones of Cervantes, his wife and others recorded as buried with him in Madrid's Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians.
Separating and identifying his badly damaged bones from the other fragments will be difficult, researchers say.
The Don Quixote author was buried in 1616 but his coffin was later lost.
When the convent was rebuilt late in the 17th Century, his remains were moved into the new building and it has taken centuries to rediscover the tomb of the man known as Spain's "Prince of Letters".
"His end was that of a poor man. A war veteran with his battle wounds," said Pedro Corral, head of art, sport and tourism at Madrid city council.
The team of 30 researchers used infrared cameras, 3D scanners and ground-penetrating radar to pinpoint the burial site, in a forgotten crypt beneath the building.'
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How cool is that.
Bump for reference.
Thanks, also “The Impossible Dream”, one of my favorites.
You’re welcome. Yes, I like that one, too.
Just in time for El Clasico.
Did they cut out the “off color” and bathroom humor?
“I wonder if Cervantes Street in Pensacola is named after him.”
No. It was named after the beer.
They must have as I don’t recall it.
Actually “Classic Comics” made book reports really easy.
Does the skull display a woeful countenance?
You are in luck! The movie version will be on Turner Classic Movies next week, Friday, March 27th, 8pm EST according to www.tcm.com!
Thanks.
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.
But they didn't die the same day or a day apart because Spain had adopted the Gregorian calendar and England was using the Julian calendar (10 days behind the Gregorian). So when Shakespeare died it was May 3, 1616, in Spain.
I honestly did not know it was lost.
Glad they found it - Great writer and Soldier.
Tomb might be too rich a word. Cervantes died a pauper and it appears was buried in a common grave.
Maybe the gubmint plans to re-inter him in a more posh way.
“Is that anything like the Knights of the Woeful Countenance?”
Also known as “Discalced Trinitarians,” these are a branch of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity or the Redemption of the Captives, or, more plainly, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. The members of the order are called "Trinitarians." This order was founded by St. John de Matha and St. Felix of Valois in France in 1198. Their mission was to ransom those who had been made slaves by the moslems during the Crusades.
At times, the order was quite large and wealthy, but is smaller today than it was at its height.
Today, among many ministries to those in need, the order runs a school in the United States, DeMatha Catholic High School, in Hyattsville, MD.
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“Order of the Most Holy Trinity or the Redemption of the Captives,” should be “Order of the Most Holy Trinity FOR the Redemption of the Captives,”
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