ARCHIVES, DOCUMENTS AND THE WEB THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
ROYAL ARCHIVES-ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON 1318-2009 Viceroy s Palace. 16th century New premises. 1993
THE ROYAL ARCHIVES 1318.- 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
THE ROYAL ARCHIVES 1384.- 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
THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY
THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY General characteristics - Paper in-folios - 200 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
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
THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY Reg. 110 (Commune 15 Iacobi II) Reg. 236 (Curiae 2 Iacobi II)
THE REGISTERS OF THE ROYAL CHANCELLERY Total volumes of medieval registers by kings James I (1257-1276): 33 Peter III (1276-1285): 25 Alphonse III (1285-1291): 23 James II (1291-1327): 342 Alphonse IV (1327-1336): 157 Peter IV (1336-1387): 1240 John I (1387-1396):186 Martin I (1396-1410): 248 Ferdinand I (1412-1416): 97 Alphonse V (1416-1458): 848 John II (1458-1479): 196 Henry of Castille (1462-1464): 11 Peter of Portugal (1464-1466): 23 René of Anjou (1467-1472): 31 Ferdinand II (1479-1516): 350 These figures represent the total number of volumes, including special ones and registers of princes, queens and locumtenentes.
NON REGISTERED RECORDS Parchment documents Before 1162: 2150 Alphonse II (1162-1196): 760 Peter II (1196-1213): 470 James I (1257-1276): 2400 Peter III (1276-1285): 520 Alphonse III (1285-1291): 475 James II (1291-1327): 5200 Alphonse IV (1327-1336): 950 Peter IV (1336-1387): 3450 John I (1387-1396): 630 Martin I (1396-1410): 500 Ferdinand I (1412-1416): 380 Alphonse V (1416-1458): 435 John II (1458-1479): 230 Ferdinand II (1479-1516): 60
Parchment documents Papal Bulls, leg. XXI, 14. Year 1297. Pope Boniface VIII grants the freehold of the kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica to James II.
NON REGISTERED RECORDS Paper documents James I (1257-1276): 200 Peter III (1276-1285): 55 Alphonse III (1285-1291): 45 James II (1291-1327): 19,000 Alphonse IV (1327-1336): 4,000 Peter IV (1336-1387): 7,500 John I (1387-1396): 1,200 Martin I (1396-1410): 1,500 Ferdinand I (1412-1416): 3,600 Alphonse V (1416-1458): 3,500 John II (1458-1479): 350 Ferdinand II (1479-1516): 300
Paper documents Hugone of Arborea answers James II of Aragon about the expedition of prince Alphonse to conquest the island of Sardinia. 1323 (CRD, James II, 11476) Preliminary capitula of the peace treaty beetween Leonor of Arborea and Aragon. Ca. 1388 (CRD, John I, 1194)
Arab documents The sultan of Egypt writes to James II about some embassies sent to each other. 1304. Paper roll, 23 meters long (Arab documents, 147)
Registers Comune Siciliae, king Alphonse V
FROM THE ROYAL ARCHIVES TO THE ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON 1419.- King Alphonse V creates the Royal Archives at Valencia to preserve the registers related to the kingdom of Valencia 1461.- 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
Registers Sardiniae, king Philip III
Reglamento del real y general Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, 1754
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
Archives of the Magister rationalis Conte de Berenguer de Relat tresorer de la senyora reyna. 1351 (Mr, 460, fol. 1r) Capbreu of the bankers Pere Descau and Andreu Olivella. 1376 (Mr, 2373, fol. 12v)
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. 1620 (Generalitat, G.225) Book of Deliberationes of the deputies of the General of Catalonia. 1473-1479 (Generalitat, N.114, fol. 1r-v)
Monastics archives Cartulary of the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès (ca. 1220) - 424 parchment folios, 54 x 34 cm - Integral copy of 1,260 documents (10th-12th centuries)
Registers of the Royal Chancellery- Repository
Parchment documents repository
Libro del Procurador de los condados del Rosellón y Cerdaña, 1378-1379 RP, Maestre Racional, 31
Libro de cuentas del Baile General de Cataluña, 1377 RP, Maestre Racional, 1007
Manuscripts collections Ms. St. Cugat, 11 (14th cent.), fol. 1r Seneca, Opera Ms. St. Cugat, 14 (1402), 14r Missale
Total Internet Files Vol. Images Vol. Images - Chancellery: registers (13th-18th) 4,000 1,.500,000 1,683 720,000 - Audiencia: registers (18th) 1,500 1.000,000 --- - Manuscripts (10th-15th) ) 340 100,000 320 95,.000 - Maestre Racional (13th-15th) 1,500 400,000 --- - Generalitat (14th-17th) 292 180,000 156 60,000... TOTAL 9,500 3,885,000 2,196 1,000,000
Year Images 2003 50,000 2004 200,000 2005 650,000 2006 785,000 2007 300,000 2008 300,000 2009 800,000 + 800.000 [from the years 2008-2009 not yet checked] TOTAL 3,885,000
Users at the lecture room Year Users Documents 2000 4,282 15,387 2001 4,277 14,480 2002 4,558 15,886 2003 5,067 16,967 2004 5,211 15,790 2005 4,490 14,690 2006 3,666 11,841 2007 3,267 9,772 2008 3,123 10,482
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