Codex | Pontevedra

Late 13th – early 14th century (c. 1280–1320)

Liber Pontis Veteris , Manuscrito de Santa María de Pontevedra

Title: Codex Pontevedra (Códice de Pontevedra) codex pontevedra

Likely produced in a monastic scriptorium in or near Pontevedra, possibly linked to the Convent of San Francisco or the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor.

Medieval Galician-Portuguese, with some Latin sections. Late 13th – early 14th century (c

Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor (Pontevedra) → private collection (18th c.) → rediscovered in 1927 by Galician historian Xosé Filgueira Valverde. Currently held at the Museo de Pontevedra (MS 1/1928).

Vellum; 142 leaves (estimated original: 160+). Dimensions: approx. 290 × 200 mm. two main scribes identified.

Gothic textualis rotunda, two main scribes identified.

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