Constance

Materials
Bamboo black marble
Measurements
59 x 13 x 14 cm
Year
2021
“Constança of Aragon and Entença (Aragon 1318 – Montpellier 1346) was an Infanta of Aragon and queen consort of Majorca. According to Alberni (2009), Constança is one of the candidates, alongside Violant de Vilaragut, to whom the pseudonym of Queen of Majorca might be attributed — a poetess who appeared in the mid-fourteenth century signing a poem in the Vega-Aguiló songbook, known as the Poemet de la reina de Mallorca.  

Mercè, marit, que pas sofrint els mals que em donau; torneu, doncs, que cap tresor no val un cor que per vós mor amb amorós pensament

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(Translation from: V.V.A.A. (2018): Dones escriptores. Primeres dones escriptores de Mallorca. Ajuntament de Palma) Alberni, Anna (2009). «El poemet de la reina de Mallorca: assaig de restauració textual i mètrica», Medioevo Romanzo, XXXIV, 2009-2, p. 1-27″