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The question of a proper name: The Ancient Liturgy of Spain

» 19·OCT·2018
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The question of a proper name: The Ancient Liturgy of Spain

Liturgia Hispánica, Mozarabic or Visigothic Liturgy, or The Ancient Liturgy of Spain are some of the names used to refer to the liturgy practised in Iberia during the Middle Ages. Do you know what does the use of one or another of these names imply? ... read more

Codex of the month (XIII): Madrid, Real Academia de la Historia, Emilianense 30

» 12·OCT·2018
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Codex of the month (XIII): Madrid, Real Academia de la Historia, Emilianense 30

This month we would like to bring attention to codex Emilianense 30, an extraordinarily interesting volume, if very damaged, of one of the basic readings of the Middle Ages: a Misticus. ... read more

Palaeography in the 21st century: on History of Written Culture (i)

» 05·OCT·2018

Palaeography in the 21st century: on History of Written Culture (i)

“Writing can be everything we are able to read in it” (Giorgio R. Cardona, Storia universal della scrittura, Milano 1986, 11) ... read more

Codex of the month (XII): Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, ms 6367

» 21·SEP·2018
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Codex of the month (XII): Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, ms 6367

This month I bring you a jewel! A codex that is not only unique for it contains the only extant copy of Buchardus’ Poenitentiale in Visigothic script but an authentic Frankenstein of a manuscript! Don’t believe me? One of its kind! ... read more

The birth of Diplomatics: from Mabillon to a new science

» 07·SEP·2018

The birth of Diplomatics: from Mabillon to a new science

How an academic dispute can end up in the outset of a discipline. Mabillon’s De Re Diplomatica. ... read more

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