Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina (housed in the Institución Colombina) (E-Sc)

Seville, Spain

Other Names

The archive is now housed in the Institución Colombina, which houses the the Biblioteca Capitular, the Biblioteca Colombina, the Cathedral Archives (el Archivo de la Catedral), Library of the Archbishopric (la Biblioteca del Arzobispado) and the General Archive of the Archbishopric (el Archivo General del Arzobispado). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituci%C3%B3n_Colombina and https://icolombina.es/biblioteca-capitular-sevilla/

Sources in this Archive

  Source name Date Type Surface
E-Sc 5-1-43 (Seville Chansonnier) c. 1470-1485 manuscript of polyphony Paper
E-Sc 5-2-25 14th - 15th century theory treatises Mixed Paper and Parchment
E-Sc 5-5-20 Early 16th century non-music MS with interpolated music Paper
E-Sc 7-1-28 (Cancioniero de la Colombina) Late 15th century manuscript of polyphony Paper
E-Sc 82-4-33 Early 15th century chant book with added polyphony Parchment
E-Sc 82-4-33bis Early 15th century chant book with added polyphony Parchment
E-Sc Mesa capitular 1477(4) (Libro blanco I) - fragment used in binding -