Written Practices na Maia: A Newly Discovered Source of Old Hispanic Notation from Portugal
Elsa De Luca|Ainoa Castro Correa
This study introduces a manuscript kept in the Arquivo da Torre do Tombo which represents third source with Old Hispanic notation found Portuguese territories, and first recovered from charter. unique document is significant given paucity of extant sources this type notation, because few are securely dated whilst one allows for better chronological contextualisation. Likewise, relevant it linked to context rural mostly secular written production period change towards monastic rule. Focusing on peculiar charter, following pages we will introduce most aspects its materiality, shedding light world scribes operating northern Portugal opening up new possibilities understanding patchy scenario diffusion use notation.
Studia historica