Archive of the Marquises of Santa Maria de Barberà
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The Archive of the Marquises of Santa Maria de Barberà is the most important heritage archive in Catalonia, located in the Castle of the Marquises of Santa Maria de Barberà,[1] it is currently owned by the excellent Mr. Ramon de Sarriera i Fernández de Muniaín and his wife Mrs. Marcela Bernat Valenzuela, current Marquises of Santa Maria de Barberà, who carried out the relevant works in the restoration and rehabilitation of both the castle, the gardens and the archive itself, the furniture, and the works of art.
As for the volume of historical documentation and its uniqueness, this is composed of documents from the 10th century, in County Catalonia, starting with the year 858, with documentation of several aristocratic houses incorporated by inheritance and marriage policy. The first cataloging and computerization of the collection of parchments, was done under the direction of Dra. Coral Cuadrada, continuing with the conservation and preservation of the manuscripts and bindings funds, made thanks to an agreement with the University of Columbia and then with the University of Texas. With the third phase, a digitization and archival description is being carried out, transferring the data obtained to a document management program.
The archives hold about 11,257 scrolls, more than 2,000 manuscripts and 457.2 linear meters of bindings. The AMSMB was created as such in the 19th century, at the Palau Solterra in Barcelona, and in the 20th century it would move to the Castle of the Marquises of Santa Maria de Barberà, in Vilassar de Dalt (Maresme). These fonds include those of the Baronies of Vilassar, Cervelló and Santa Pau; those of the Llull, Pinós, Sureda-Santmartí, Sarriera, Santcliment, Solterra, Boixadors, Copons, Ivorra, Babau and Alentorn lineages. And among the documentary typology of the collections there are scrolls, the urban patriciate of Barcelona, plans, maps and genealogies, and printed books.[2] In the Llull collection can be found more than 300 scrolls, paper documentation of all kinds, manuscripts and printed books. In addition, of the will granted on April 26, 2013, and which is in the same AMSMB for reasons of descent from the medieval Llulls. This will was made known by Francesc de Bofarull i Sans (director of the Archive of the Crown of Aragon from 1893 to 1991), in his report of January 15, 1894, read at the Academia de Bons Lletres de Barcelona, as well as other documents relating to the Escola Lulliana de Barcelona (in the 15th century), which are also preserved at the AMSMB.[3]
Referències
- ^ "Castell de Vilassar". Castell de Vilassar. Catalunya.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Márquez, Teresa. "Vilassar de Dalt treu a la llum pública l'últim Ramon Llull - 03 juliol 2016". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "L'Arxiu de Vilassar de Dalt fa públic l'únic testament conservat de Ramon Llull". Nació (in Catalan). July 6, 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
Enllaços externs
- El fons Llull de l'Arxiu dels Marquesos de Santa Maria de Barberà on Publicacions URV
- El rescat de les cent donzelles o de Sant Esteve on Publicacions URV
- L’Arxiu dels Marquesos de Santa Maria de Barberà on Dialnet