HMML Global Operations: Portugal
Portugal
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Region
Europe -
Country
Portugal -
Cities
Coimbra and Lisbon -
Repositories
Arquivo Municipal (Lisbon), Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca da Ajuda, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, and Universidade de Coimbra -
Languages
Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Greek, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and others -
Project Dates
1980–1987
HMML’s projects in Portugal focused on the medieval and early modern manuscript collections of Coimbra and Lisbon. Over 2,050 manuscript volumes were microfilmed, including individual charters and archival records from the Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa. Portugal’s collections contain a wide breadth of subject matter, most importantly the 451 volumes from the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Alcobaça now held in the Biblioteca Nacional. Manuscripts also include archival material from Portugal’s early expansion into India, Africa, and Latin America.
Biblioteca Joanina, Universidade de Coimbra. Photo by Wirdung on Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Proverbs and legal discourses, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal 5022)
Gospels of Matthew and John, Biblioteca da Ajuda (Portugal 1869)
Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon. Photo by Beireke1 on Wikimedia Commons, (CC0)
Passio sancti Thomae Cantuariensis, Biblioteca Nacional (Portugal 172)
Cloister of the Monastery of Alcobaça. Photo by Flávio de Souza on Wikimedia Commons, (Public Domain)
