El uso del papel como "materia scriptoria" en el Archivo Capitlar de la Catedral de Burgos en la Baja Edad MediaAnálisis y evolución

Abstract

The serial abundant documentation placed in the Chapter Archive of the Cathedral of Burgos has allowed us to establish the monitoring of the source and use of paper as scriptoria matter. This is accompanied by a comparative study with the beginning of its use in the Council of Burgos, whose records come from the royal chancery of Alfonso X and are currently placed in the Municipal Archives of Burgos. The analysis of the paper of the Fifteenth century allows us to know the existence of a material prepared in the same city of Burgos and used with the one imported from Italy. Both papers exist in the Middle years of the century, with predominance of the Italian paper until the end of the century. Finally the study of watermarks from the late Fourteenth century and the Fifteenth century offers a great variety of unpublished data that significantly help to increase the knowledge and development of their trade by the Chapter Institution of Burgos. This fact makes this city a paper center and first order trade point in the late Middle Ages