Manuscritos
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
Bar Association Library
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
por
Contact information: postal address
Largo de São Domingos 14, 1st floor, 1169-060 Lisbon
Contact information: phone number
00351 218823550
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
boa@cg.oa.pt
Title (English)
Manuscripts
Title (official language of the state)
Manuscritos
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Ordem dos Advogados
Date note
15th century/19th century
Language(s)
por
Extent
48 documents
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The collection of manuscripts of the Ordem dos Advogados library gathers documents of several types and provenances. The oldest document in this collection is related to the Jewish community of Pinhel (a village in the interior centre of Portugal). It is a 15th-century parchment with a contract of sale of assets and estate in the amount of 3,000 reais brancos (currency) by Álvaro Fernandes and his wife Catarina Afonso to a Jewish couple of Pinhel, Samuel Adoena (?) and Oracima (Almeida, August 20, 1477). A digital copy of this document is available on the Ordem dos Advogados website:
Archival history
The provenance of this collection is unknown, but it is likely that it was already part of the documentary collection transferred from the Biblioteca da Associação dos Advogados de Lisboa (Lisbon Lawyers Association Library) to the Biblioteca da Ordem dos Advogados. Probably, some items in this collection came from donations given by lawyers to the library.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Biblioteca da Ordem dos Advogados (Bar Association Library) was founded in 1842. António Joaquim da Silva Abranches, a full member of the Associação dos Advogados de Lisboa (Lisbon Association of Lawyers, the predecessor of the Ordem dos Advogados) had the initiative to constitute the "Bibliotheca do Advogado" (Lawyer's Library) to support the lawyers' study and research. Three years before, a decree allowed the Associação dos Advogados to select juridical works from the Depósito Geral das Livrarias das Extintas Corporações Religiosas (General Deposit of the Extinct Religious Corporations' Libraries). Therefore, at the moment of its foundation, the Bibliotheca do Advogado already gathered about one thousand volumes.
Over the years, the library was enriched with acquisitions and donations given by the association members. In 1926, when the Associação dos Advogados de Lisboa gave place to the Ordem dos Advogados, the library was composed of about 5,000 volumes. The general registration of all volumes was completed in 1935, and six years later, the library received its first regulation. In 1960, the library's facilities were expanded with a new room adjacent to the reading room. After 1992, the library was subject to a comprehensive renovation and modernisation by increasing and treating its documentary collection, hiring specialised technicians, and computerising its services.
At present, the Biblioteca da Ordem dos Advogados is comprised of around 40,000 books, 850 periodicals, and several databases, in addition to personal archives, an old book documentary fonds, and a collection of manuscripts.
Over the years, the library was enriched with acquisitions and donations given by the association members. In 1926, when the Associação dos Advogados de Lisboa gave place to the Ordem dos Advogados, the library was composed of about 5,000 volumes. The general registration of all volumes was completed in 1935, and six years later, the library received its first regulation. In 1960, the library's facilities were expanded with a new room adjacent to the reading room. After 1992, the library was subject to a comprehensive renovation and modernisation by increasing and treating its documentary collection, hiring specialised technicians, and computerising its services.
At present, the Biblioteca da Ordem dos Advogados is comprised of around 40,000 books, 850 periodicals, and several databases, in addition to personal archives, an old book documentary fonds, and a collection of manuscripts.
Access points: locations
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions
Following the library's regulation (article 15), the consultation of manuscript documents requires a previous authorisation given by the chief librarian.
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2021
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