Mercelino Menendez y Pelayo - Spanish author - 1856-1912

listed by Borges in Extraordinary Tales / The Book of Fantasy as author of 'The Prowess of Villena' ( Las Facultades de Villena ) - this may be from either the 'Tratado de FascinaciĆ³n' or 'the Arte del Trovar' of Enrique de Villena ( 1384-1434 ) - or, then again, it may not.