ABSTRACT

This article provides the first in-depth study of historic content and materials used in the production of a liturgical codex from the collection of manuscripts of the Monastery of Alcobaça: the Psalter-hymnal (Lisbon, National Library, Alc. 11). To answer provenance questions and trace the manuscript’s history, a multidisciplinary team studied the entire procedure of making the codex, which went from in-depth textual, liturgical, and codicological analyses, to examining material composition and bookbinding methods with complementary analytical techniques. The team was able to track the manuscript’s historical trajectory through successive additions and interventions/alterations. Interpretation of the historic information and the resulting technical data confirmed the belief that this is a twelfth-century manuscript produced in the scriptorium of Alcobaça and underlined the role that the manuscript played in this Cistercian monastery during the Middle Ages, and possibly throughout the following centuries. This led the team to approach the codex’s “cultural significance” and perceive later alterations and interventions as evidence of the monks’ intensive use of this manuscript and the great care they took to preserve their monastic library. The new data and knowledge acquired about this precious codex proved to be fundamental for future digital access policy definition and the conservation making decision.

摘要

本文首次深入研究了从阿尔科巴萨修道院收集的手稿中制作礼仪抄本所使用的历史内容和材料：诗篇赞美诗（里斯本，国家图书馆，Alc. 11）。为了回答出处问题并追溯手稿的历史，一个多学科团队研究了制作手抄本的整个过程，从深入的文本、礼仪和法典分析，到使用补充分析技术检查材料组成和装订方法。该团队能够通过连续添加和干预/更改来跟踪手稿的历史轨迹。对历史信息和由此产生的技术数据的解释证实了这是一份 12 世纪手稿在阿尔科巴萨写字楼中制作的信念，并强调了手稿在中世纪以及可能在接下来的几个世纪中在这座西多会修道院中所扮演的角色. 这导致该团队接近手抄本的“文化意义”，并将后来的修改和干预视为僧侣对这份手稿的大量使用以及他们为保护修道院图书馆所付出的极大努力的证据。事实证明，从这份珍贵的法典中获得的新数据和知识对于未来的数字访问政策定义和保护决策至关重要。并且可能在接下来的几个世纪中。这导致该团队接近手抄本的“文化意义”，并将后来的修改和干预视为僧侣对这份手稿的大量使用以及他们为保护修道院图书馆所付出的极大努力的证据。事实证明，从这份珍贵的法典中获得的新数据和知识对于未来的数字访问政策定义和保护决策至关重要。并且可能在接下来的几个世纪中。这导致该团队接近手抄本的“文化意义”，并将后来的修改和干预视为僧侣对这份手稿的大量使用以及他们为保护修道院图书馆所付出的极大努力的证据。事实证明，从这份珍贵的法典中获得的新数据和知识对于未来的数字访问政策定义和保护决策至关重要。