Los #sellos son fundamentales en la diplomática (estudio de documentos oficiales). El uso de sellos, como los de Carlomagno (siglo VIII-IX), aseguraba la autenticidad y evitaba falsificaciones. Los archivos catedralicios, como el de Toledo, conservan estos documentos.

Los sellos como garantía documental En la Edad Media, obispos y reyes autenticaban documentos con sellos de cera. El sello de Carlomagno, con la inscripción Christe protege, validaba tratados y cartas. Los archivos catedralicios guardaban estas joyas de la #diplomática medieval.

Los #scriptoria eran talleres de escritura donde monjes copistas producían manuscritos religiosos y también organizaban y preservaban documentos administrativos y legales. Cluny (Fr.) y Montecasino (It.) son ejemplos destacados por su producción documental en los siglos X-XII.

En la Europa medieval los #scriptoria de monasterios como Cluny o Montecasino fueron clave en la archivística. Copiaban y custodiaban documentos en pergamino, desde bulas papales hasta donaciones. El #scriptorium garantizaba la memoria escrita de la cristiandad. #HistoriaMedieval

En la Europa medieval la archivística practicada en el entorno de obispos y monasterios garantizó la custodia y transmisión de los documentos. Las escuelas catedralicias recuperaron el #iusarchivi (fe pública archivística) y los conceptos de archivo público y privado (secreto).

"[Christus] Roderico Didaz, confirmat" El #Archivo de la catedral de Oviedo conserva un documento en el que aparece Rodrigo Díaz, posterior #MíoCid, entre los testigos de una donación de Alfonso VI que registra la 'apertura del Arca Santa'.

Un hijo de san Agustín ha sucedido a un 'miles' de san Ignacio. Agustín de Hipona impulsó el diálogo entre ciencia y religión, fe y caridad. Y fomentó la creación y transmisión del conocimiento en escritorios y bibliotecas. En nuevo papa es teólogo, jurista, maestro y matemático.

Canon bíblico y mito de Nicea El Concilio de Nicea (325 d.c.) NO eligió los libros de la Biblia. Su foco fue la divinidad de Cristo. El canon se formó siglos después en concilios como Hipona (393 d.C.). ¡No caigas en mitos de redes! #HistoriaBíblica scriptoriumhispanico.wordpress.com/2025/05/03/d...

📜Nuevo artículo en el blog "Scriptorium Hispánico": Descubre el Poema de Fernán González, un canto épico del s. XIII que exalta la #Reconquista. A través de su cuaderna vía, forja la identidad castellana. ¡Acompáñanos en este viaje medieval! scriptoriumhispanico.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/l...

📕"El pontificado en la Edad Media" de Carlos de Ayala Martínez (Síntesis, 2016) explora el poder papal en el Medievo. Un libro español clave para comprender la historia de Europa. #HistoriaMedieval Hilo⬇️ scriptoriumhispanico.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/e...

Fe en la Escritura, Verdad en la Crítica Textual La Pasión de Jesucristo en los Evangelios: Un análisis comparativo y textual Novedad en mi blog: scriptoriumhispanico.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/l...

"Arengas de memoria": Forjando la identidad castellana en el Poema de Fernán González scriptoriumhispanico.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/a...

Historia, verdad y mito en el 'Poema de Fernán González' (siglo XIII) que narra la vida del conde que forjó Castilla. ¿Historia o leyenda? Mezcla hechos reales con mitos. Aquí exploramos la verdad, la falsedad y su vínculo con documentos medievales. Hilo 🧵🖋️

En el Congreso UNED (Madrid, 9-10 abril 2025), analizaré cómo los libros de apeos y repartimientos de Ojén (s. XVI) evolucionaron a libros de población, dando origen al fondo histórico del archivo municipal. Un caso del antiguo Reino de Granada. Info: congreso-escribir-en-las-fronteras.weebly.com

📝 The #Medieval Cartularies: documentary treasures. Its #digitization not only preserves, but amplifies its usefulness in digital humanities. They allow advanced textual analysis, revealing historical and social patterns. #DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory Thread ✒️

The Spanish #Decreta1188 of the kingdom of León (1188) and the English #MagnaCharta (1215) constitute today the oldest evidence of the European parliamentary tradition. Decrees of #Lugo (1204) by Alfonso IX. Cartulary of the Cathedral of Lugo (Galicia, Spain) AHN,Code 1053,56

The Middle Ages were not only a time of technological advances, but also of great leaps in knowledge. Here, four key intellectual innovations. Thread ✒️

«In the 13th century, a great Franciscan theologian like St. Bonaventure reproached his colleagues at the Paris faculty for having learned to measure the world, but having forgotten how to measure themselves.» J. Ratzinger, 1968, esp. reed. 2022.

📌What is the preserved manuscript text that contains the oldest testimony of the Catalan language? Follow the thread📜⬇️

Discover Valpuesta, the town of Burgos, the birthplace of Spanish with only 14 inhabitants. The 9th century #cartularies of the collegiate church of Santa María de Valpuesta are the oldest written testimonies of the Castilian language. #Burgos #CunaDelCastellano #HistoryOfLanguage

Historians, it is time to refocus #colonization as an administrative transposition. The General Archive of the Indies houses documents detailing the integration of America with the Spanish administration. Have you found examples of the continuity of Spanish institutions?

Did you know that the impressive #library of the Silos Monastery (Burgos, Spain), with centuries of history, was dispersed? The disentailment of the 19th century caused many of its valuable manuscripts to end up in the hands of private collectors. #Silos #History #Heritage Thread 🧵⬇️

Discover the 5 most common hoaxes about the Middle Ages that we still believe. We dismantle myths! "The Name of the Rose" (J.J. Annaud, 1986) Thread🧵⬇️

Materiality, codicology and archives. The importance of the study of the physical analysis of medieval #cartularies: their codicological characteristics and the arrangement of texts that reveal the context of their production and their objectives. #Codicology #MedievalArchives

'Hymnus sextus': 'Letificati pretio' del códice de San Isidro labrador, un manuscrito escrito por Juan el Diácono sobre la vida y santidad de San Isidro labrador y probablemente en Madrid ca.1270. Aquí la hermosa intrepretación de @egeriavoices: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO0w... Museo Dioc. Madrid

The representation of the Child Jesus in medieval Hispanic manuscripts reflects the devotion of the time. #Iconography #Christmas Archive and Library of the Cathedral of León, Spain ms. 8 cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2019/12/la-n...

The transition from the Spanish Visigothic (Mozarabic) to the Roman (Cluniac) liturgy in the 11th and 12th centuries also influenced Christmas celebrations. #LiturgicalHistory #Christmas Archive and Library of the Cathedral of León f. 46v. cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2019/12/la-n...

Did you know that the Spanish Visigothic (Mozarabic) liturgy had its own representations of the Nativity? Explore more in one of our blog articles. #Liturgy #Christmas cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2019/12/la-n... Illustration from the Antiphonary Book of the Cathedral of León, Spain.

Christmas iconography in the Hispanic Middle Ages reveals ancestral traditions and deep religious beliefs. #MedievalArt #Christmas León Cathedral Library and Archive Ms 8, fol. 68 cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2019/12/la-n...

The importance of episcopal archives and cathedrals to preserve key documents of the kingdom of León: the "Decreta" of 1188. #EcclesiasticalArchives #MiddleAges cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2024/10/el-p...

On #Christmas in the year 1500, while the Spanish #CatholicKings were in Granada, their chancery registers the issuance of 4 ducats (gold) and 6 doubles (silver) to 6 new Christian players. That is, a gang, 'zambra' or orchestra of 'moriscos' converted to Christianity. AGS,CCA,CED.4

This is a manuscript prepared by the Hispanic Christians of #AlAndalus; It is a Bible copied in Seville in the 9th century on some episcopal or monastic desk, with the text of the "Vetus Latina" "T" in the form of tau. Write Visigothic; perg.; triptych; BNE,ms.Vitr/13/1 #mozarabic

«In hanc kartula» Ca. Hispanic era of 1238 - year 1200 - one of the last documents was written in Visigothic (mozarabic) writing in the diocese of #Lugo, Galicia (Spain). *Note the "a" without finishing the upper stroke. *Abbreviation for "kartula" that includes a #signum. AHN,Lugo,pergs.

Fragment of #breviary codex with the #Christmas liturgy «Hodie fratres brother?, Christus natus est; he will renew us. "Hodie saluator mundi per matrem nascendi accepit tempus qui de patre natiuitatis non habet tempus" [...] Archive of the Royal Chancery Valladolid, Spain Perg.28,28 14th century

Already in the phase of corrections by anonymous peers of the communications to the last congress of "young" researchers of the Doctoral Program "Hispanic World" of the @unileon. Soon I will share some methodological notes from my experience researching #MedievalArchives.

The importance of the archives of the cathedrals and bishops to preserve key documents of the kingdom of León (Spain): the "Decreta" of 1188. #EcclesiasticalArchives #MiddleAges cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2024/10/el-p...

«Carta decretorum regis domini Adefonsi» In 1204 the king #AlfonsoIX settled and lived in Lugo and there he decreed laws for all of Galicia inspired by the #Decree1188 of León. The cathedral chapter ordered Iohannes Petri, clergyman of the choir, to chart them in the #Tumbo Viejo. #MedievalSpain

Just arrived... "The Monastic World: A 1200 Year History" By Andrew Jotischky @yalebooks.bsky.social

The #scriptoria and chancelleries of medieval cathedrals produced essential manuscripts for administration and liturgy. Centers of written knowledge! #Cartularies #MedievalHistory A view from the Spansh cathedrals of Jaén and Málaga, 13th-16th centuries in www.academia.edu/9177398/_La_...

The National Historical Archive (Madrid) houses the #cartulary of the Temple, a medieval handwritten codex on parchment that transcribes documents between 1117 and 1175. It was preserved in the Archive of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem that integrated the Aragonese #Templars. AHN,L.595

In medieval Europe, archival science practiced in the environment of bishops and monasteries guaranteed the safekeeping and transmission of documents. Cathedral schools recovered the #iusarchivi (public archival faith) and the concepts of public and private (secret) archives.

Who said that laughter was forbidden in the Middle Ages? Polychrome sculpture. The prophets of Christianity. Doorway of the cathedral of Orense. Note the symbolism: the written scroll is one of the emblems of the Old Testament and the book of the New. #laughter #MiddleAges

The prophet Daniel laughs. Portico of Glory Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Spain, Medieval Christian art. #laughter #MiddleAges

King #SanchoIV (1258-1295) laughs and wishes us a happy start to December. Illustration of a privilege rolled in favor of the Church of Toledo kept in the National Historical Archive. Medieval Hispanic Christian culture. Year 1285. #laughter #MiddleAges

Medieval Cartularies: much more than simple files. They were tools of government, of transmitting knowledge and preserving historical memory. Discover his role in the transmission of the Leonese Decrees AD 1188, Spain! #MedievalHistory #Cartularies cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2024/10/el-p...

The key role of the cartularies for medieval history: the transmission of the sources of Western parliamentarism, the Leonese "Decreta" of 1188, Spain. cartulariosmedievales.blogspot.com/2024/10/el-p...