Pergaminhos de Guimarães
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
National Museum of Archaeology
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
por
Contact information: postal address
Edifício dos Jerónimos, Praça do Império, 1400-206 Lisbon
Contact information: phone number
00351 213620000
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
geral@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt
cristinacoito@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt (librarian)
cristinacoito@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt (librarian)
Reference number
Ms/P/GUIM
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Parchments of Guimarães
Title (official language of the state)
Pergaminhos de Guimarães
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Date(s)
1300/1620
Language(s)
por
Extent
133 documents
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Pergaminhos de Guimarães collection includes about 100 parchments containing sale, leasing and emphyteusis contracts related to a family of merchants from Guimarães. The oldest document dates from 1314. A few documents contain references to Jews living in the city in the 15th century. Two examples are the following:
Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 258: Letter of "emprazamento" (emphyteusis) of houses in the "judiaria" (Jewish quarter) of Guimarães by Gil Lourenço and his wife Joana Gonçalves to Salomão Carido, a Jewish weaver. Guimarães, 1412.
Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 293: Letter of "emprazamento" of houses in the Jewish quarter by Gil Lourenço from Miranda and his wife Isabel Vasques to a Jewish couple, Musse Benadeu and Vyllida. Guimarães, 1463.
Other documents contain information on properties located in the judiaria of Guimarães: Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 237, 244, 271, 275 and 281.
Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 258: Letter of "emprazamento" (emphyteusis) of houses in the "judiaria" (Jewish quarter) of Guimarães by Gil Lourenço and his wife Joana Gonçalves to Salomão Carido, a Jewish weaver. Guimarães, 1412.
Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 293: Letter of "emprazamento" of houses in the Jewish quarter by Gil Lourenço from Miranda and his wife Isabel Vasques to a Jewish couple, Musse Benadeu and Vyllida. Guimarães, 1463.
Other documents contain information on properties located in the judiaria of Guimarães: Ms/P/GUIM, cx. 7, nº 237, 244, 271, 275 and 281.
Archival history
The parchments of Guimarães were acquired for the Museu Nacional da Arqueologia by José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858-1941), its founder and first director.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (MNA) was founded in December 1893, following a proposal by José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858-1941), the Portuguese linguist, philologist, ethnographer, and archaeologist who became its first director. Initially named "Museu da Etnologia" (Museum of Ethnology), Leite de Vasconcelos conceived it to become a "Museu do Homem Português" (Museum of the Portuguese Person), with the aim of promoting the history of the Portuguese people and territory.
Since 1895, the museum has published the "O Arqueólogo Português", a journal of reference in the field of archaeology in Portugal. In its first years, the museum was installed in the building of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon Academy of Sciences). However, in the early 20th century, it was transferred to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery), where it remains today.
The museum's name changed to Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e Etnologia (National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) in 1945, and Museu Nacional de Arqueologia Dr Leite de Vasconcelos, in tribute to its founder, in 1989. Currently, it is simply known as Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (MNA).
The Historical Archive of the MNA gathers several collections, including those of the archaeologist Estácio da Veiga (1828-1891), acquired from his widow in 1897, and Leite de Vasconcelos' personal collection bequeathed in his will in 1941. The collection grew over the decades through acquisitions and donations by individual and institutional archives.
Since 1895, the museum has published the "O Arqueólogo Português", a journal of reference in the field of archaeology in Portugal. In its first years, the museum was installed in the building of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon Academy of Sciences). However, in the early 20th century, it was transferred to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery), where it remains today.
The museum's name changed to Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e Etnologia (National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) in 1945, and Museu Nacional de Arqueologia Dr Leite de Vasconcelos, in tribute to its founder, in 1989. Currently, it is simply known as Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (MNA).
The Historical Archive of the MNA gathers several collections, including those of the archaeologist Estácio da Veiga (1828-1891), acquired from his widow in 1897, and Leite de Vasconcelos' personal collection bequeathed in his will in 1941. The collection grew over the decades through acquisitions and donations by individual and institutional archives.
Access points: locations
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions
Access to the collection requires a prior request addressed by email to the library (biblioteca@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt) or the chief librarian (cristinacoito@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt).
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2021
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