Archive

CHAPTER ARCHIVES OF MAJORCA- A C M

Throughout history the Chapter Archives of Majorca have been compiling and preserving manuscript books, codices, parchments and other documents. The documents collected at the Chapter Archives are the witnesses of a great part of the history of Majorca with some information about the civil and ecclesiastic culture.

The Archive was catalogued by Josep Miralles, who became bishop, between the years 1896 and 1901. He classified it under the following sections:

• Manuscript books
• Notebooks and loose papers
• Parchments

Included in all this material it some subsections stand out like for example the Chapter minutes, the factory books, notarial protocols (14th and 15th century), books from the sacristy and manuscripts. Out of all the manuscripts the following stand out: the chronicles of the conquest of Majorca from Marsili, the Liber Privilegiorum, the Green Book, the Book of the Chain and the Consuetas.

The Archives as catalogued by Bishop Miralles have 18 535 units. At the present time the number of documents is more because new documents have been added and different people and organizations have donated other documents. The Chapter Archives has the legacy of books and documents from Mr. Lorenzo Pérez Martínez, where we can find a lot of information about the Majorcan culture.

Recently all the documentation of Sts. Peter and Bernard’s fraternity has been incorporated in the Chapter Archives.

The Archives also has a large musical archive, mainly formed by liturgical canticle books, an extensive section of parts and music scores from authors of the island, from the rest of Spain and authors from foreign countries.

The Chapter Archive completes its documents with some reference books, mainly about local and ecclesiastical information.

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTS
The most important books of the Chapter Archives of Majorca - ACM
 

Section of Chapter minutes:
From the first meeting until today. (1299 to 2009).

Sacristy Section:
Income and payments of the sacristy of the Cathedral, from 1389 to 1876.

Factory Section:
Administration of the construction of the Cathedral, from 1327 to 1878

Section Capbreus, Còdex :

• Capbreu frome Manresa. Manuscript of benefits, núm. Miralles 3383, 3384, 3385.

• Liber Registri Instrumentorum, Indultorum, Chartarum Regiorum... dit Green Book. Còdex, 279 folis. núm. Miralles 3399.

• Llibre Vermell Registri Instrumentorum, núm. Miralles 3402.

• Les consuetes: De Sagristia núm. Miralles 3400, Consueta d’aniversaris dit Antigue núm. Miralles 3403; De Sants, núm. Miralles 3411, De Tempore , núm. Miralles 3412.

• Book of partition of the lands of Majorca by King James, núm Miralles 3401.

• Book of the Chain, Codex which has the first nominations of canon priests, rules of the Cathedral and the canons, etc. núm Miralles 3418.

• Yellow Book, Archivi capituli majoricensis ecclesiae, núm Miralles 3413.

Section of Parchments:
Divided in legal documents, ecclesiastical documents, and documents of civil power, from 1230 to 1685.

Section of Sacramental Books:
The administration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony and Death, from the beginning of the establishment of the Cathedral until the day of today.

Section of Legal Protocols:
To investigate wills, inventories, which give information about the life, business and society from the 14th and 18th centuries. 

More Bibliography about the Cathedral of Mallorca:

Check our Bibliography Section
or
Additionally for biography about the Cathedral of Majorca you can visit www.uib.es,click on Biblioteca and on "paraula clau" write "catedral mallorca". You will obtain lots of books.

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