ARCHIVES, DOCUMENTS AND THE WEB THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON (BARCELONA, SPAIN)

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1 ARCHIVES, DOCUMENTS AND THE WEB THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON (BARCELONA, SPAIN)

2 ROYAL ARCHIVES-ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON Viceroy s Palace. 16th century New premises. 1993

3 THE ROYAL ARCHIVES King James II creates the Royal Archives inside his palace at Barcelona que fassets obrar una casa de volta en aquell loch on solia esser la capeyla sua del palau de Barcelona, en la qual casa fossen posats e conservats les registres e.ls privilegis e.ls altres scrits de la sua cancellaria e dels altres fets de la sua cort Maestre Racional, vol. 627, fol. 137v

4 THE ROYAL ARCHIVES King Peter IV promulgates the first Ordinances of the Royal Archives Com sia necessari per conservacio del nostre patrimoni e expedient que tots los registres de la nostra scrivania e secretaria per tal que si questio per temps se esdeve per les coses registrades en aquells, yverçosament mils seran atrobats en un loch que si en diversos lochs eren aquells registres, e per tenir en guarda e encunç e per demanar e procurar aquells cascun any del prothonotari nostre ( ) e secretaris ( ), sia ops una persona apta e feel ( ). Reg. 2551, fol. 89r

5 THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY

6 THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY General characteristics - Paper in-folios folios each volume (average) - Integral copy of the documents in more or less chronological order - Use of several languages (latin, catalan, aragones, spanish, italian) - Documents related to all the territories of the Crown

7 THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY Most common series of registers Commune Gratiarum Diversorum Curiae Secretorum Officialium Peccunie Exercitum et Curiarum Itinerum Venditionum Sententiarum Sardiniae Maioricarum Commune Siciliae Curiae Siciliae Privilegiorum Neapolis Sigilli Secreti

8 THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY Reg. 110 (Commune 15 Iacobi II) Reg. 236 (Curiae 2 Iacobi II)

9 THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY Total volumes of medieval registers by kings James I ( ): 33 Peter III ( ): 25 Alphonse III ( ): 23 James II ( ): 342 Alphonse IV ( ): 157 Peter IV ( ): 1240 John I ( ):186 Martin I ( ): 248 Ferdinand I ( ): 97 Alphonse V ( ): 848 John II ( ): 196 Henry of Castille ( ): 11 Peter of Portugal ( ): 23 René of Anjou ( ): 31 Ferdinand II ( ): 350 These figures represent the total number of volumes, including special ones and registers of princes, queens and locumtenentes.

10 NON REGISTERED RECORDS Parchment documents Before 1162: 2150 Alphonse II ( ): 760 Peter II ( ): 470 James I ( ): 2400 Peter III ( ): 520 Alphonse III ( ): 475 James II ( ): 5200 Alphonse IV ( ): 950 Peter IV ( ): 3450 John I ( ): 630 Martin I ( ): 500 Ferdinand I ( ): 380 Alphonse V ( ): 435 John II ( ): 230 Ferdinand II ( ): 60

11 Parchment documents Papal Bulls, leg. XXI, 14. Year Pope Boniface VIII grants the freehold of the kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica to James II.

12 NON REGISTERED RECORDS Paper documents James I ( ): 200 Peter III ( ): 55 Alphonse III ( ): 45 James II ( ): 19,000 Alphonse IV ( ): 4,000 Peter IV ( ): 7,500 John I ( ): 1,200 Martin I ( ): 1,500 Ferdinand I ( ): 3,600 Alphonse V ( ): 3,500 John II ( ): 350 Ferdinand II ( ): 300

13 Paper documents Hugone of Arborea answers James II of Aragon about the expedition of prince Alphonse to conquest the island of Sardinia (CRD, James II, 11476) Preliminary capitula of the peace treaty beetween Leonor of Arborea and Aragon. Ca (CRD, John I, 1194)

14 Arab documents The sultan of Egypt writes to James II about some embassies sent to each other Paper roll, 23 meters long (Arab documents, 147)

15 Registers Comune Siciliae, king Alphonse V

16 FROM THE ROYAL ARCHIVES TO THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON King Alphonse V creates the Royal Archives at Valencia to preserve the registers related to the kingdom of Valencia King John II creates the Royal Archives at Zaragoza to preserve the registers related to the kingdom of Aragon 18th cent.- The Royal Archives at Barcelona take the official name of Royal and General Archives of the Crown of Aragon 19th-20th cent.- Many archives of old institutions entered in the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

17 Registers Sardiniae, king Philip III

18 Reglamento del real y general Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, 1754

19 OTHER ARCHIVE GROUPS IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON Royal Patrimony Archives (Archives of the Magister rationalis and Archives of the Baiulus generalis Cathaloniae) Archives of the Deputies of the General of Catalonia (Generalitat) Monastic archives Manuscripts collections Royal Audiencia (High Court) of Barcelona Aragon Council

20 Archives of the Magister rationalis Conte de Berenguer de Relat tresorer de la senyora reyna (Mr, 460, fol. 1r) Capbreu of the bankers Pere Descau and Andreu Olivella (Mr, 2373, fol. 12v)

21 Archives of the Deputies of the General of Catalonia (Generalitat) Green Book (Llibre verd): Registration book of the members of the military arm of Catalonia (Generalitat, G.225) Book of Deliberationes of the deputies of the General of Catalonia (Generalitat, N.114, fol. 1r-v)

22 Monastics archives Cartulary of the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès (ca. 1220) parchment folios, 54 x 34 cm - Integral copy of 1,260 documents (10th-12th centuries)

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39 Registers of the Royal Chancellery- Repository

40 Parchment documents repository

41 Libro del Procurador de los condados del Rosellón y Cerdaña, RP, Maestre Racional, 31

42 Libro de cuentas del Baile General de Cataluña, 1377 RP, Maestre Racional, 1007

43 Manuscripts collections Ms. St. Cugat, 11 (14th cent.), fol. 1r Seneca, Opera Ms. St. Cugat, 14 (1402), 14r Missale

44 Total Internet Files Vol. Images Vol. Images - Chancellery: registers (13th-18th) 4,000 1,.500,000 1, ,000 - Audiencia: registers (18th) 1, , Manuscripts (10th-15th) ) , , Maestre Racional (13th-15th) 1, , Generalitat (14th-17th) , , TOTAL 9,500 3,885,000 2,196 1,000,000

45 Year Images , , , , , , , [from the years not yet checked] TOTAL 3,885,000

46 Users at the lecture room Year Users Documents ,282 15, ,277 14, ,558 15, ,067 16, ,211 15, ,490 14, ,666 11, ,267 9, ,123 10,482

47 x.html (general information) (catalogues and documents on line)