Open AccessWater in the Llibre de Fortuna i Prudència by Bernat Metge
Author(s) -
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
erasmo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2341-2380
DOI - 10.24197/erhbm.6/7.2020.45-54
Subject(s) - fortuna , character (mathematics) , safe haven , storm , port (circuit theory) , art , archaeology , history , geology , humanities , oceanography , mathematics , engineering , international economics , geometry , electrical engineering , economics
In his Llibre de Fortuna i Prudència (end of 14th c.) Bernat Metge makes ample use of the water imagery. The main character departs from the port of Barcelona in a small boat and is lost at sea in the midst of a furious storm; he spends time in a remote island surrounded by dangerous waters and criss-crossed by rivers; and returns to the safe haven of the Barcelona waters.