Poema Heroyco sobre la Conquista de Irlanda por la Magestad de Guillermo 30, Rey de la Gran Bretana ["Heroic Poem Regarding the Conquest of Ireland by His Majesty William III, King of Great Britain"]

ROSA, DUARTE LOPEZ

(Amsterdam

circa 1690)

Manuscript in Portuguese. Light brown sepia ink on paper

Kayserling, p. 95

Unpublished Literary Manuscript by a Marrano Poet. The Author, Duarte Lopes (Moseh) Rosa, a physician and poet, was born in Beja, Portugal. He lived for many years as a New Christian, but after relocating to Amsterdam in 1680 he was then able to publicly profess his Jewish identity. In Amsterdam he was a senior member of the celebrated Academia de los Floridos along with Joseph Penso de la Vega and Miguel de Barrios. See H. den Boer and J.I. Israel, "William III and the Glorious Revolution in the Eyes of Amsterdam Sephardi Writers: The Reactions of Miguel de Barrios, Joseph Penso de la Vega, and Manuel de Leao", in The Anglo-Dutch Moment: Essays on the Glorious Revolution and Its World Impact (Cambridge)