Jun 4, 2023

No Comments On Friday the 9th the Choir books will be opened. He Diocesan Historical Archive of Barbastro-Monzón will celebrate, in this way, World Archives Day by showing the exhibition Liturgy in pentagram: The choir books. This bibliographic set has a high heritage value. he. This is due to the special geostrategic coordinates of the territory. Whoever wants to know it in detail can do so, free of charge, next Friday, June 9. Hours: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Archive, located in the Bishopric of Barbastro-Monzón building (entrance through the Diocesan Museum). In addition, two guided tours have been scheduled, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., to find out more about the collections on display. On Friday the 9th, with the Choir Books, part of the choir books or Gregorian music choir books will be released, collections that have recently been inventoried by two researchers with extensive experience in work of this nature: the Benedictine Fr. Juan Pablo Rubio Sadia , professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Ateneo “San Anselmo” in Rome and at the Ecclesiastical University “San Dámaso” in Madrid, and Santiago Ruiz Torres, professor of musicology at the University of Salamanca. The investigation, which began in 2021, has focused on 56 handwritten books, all large, dating between the 15th and 19th centuries. Most of them belong to the primitive collection of the Diocesan Museum and Archive of Barbastro, although it also includes specimens from two other institutions: the Monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pueyo and the parish archive of Roda de Isábena. The work will culminate in the publication of a catalog and study of the collection that will allow us to appreciate its most relevant material and content characteristics. 2023-06-04 15:05:17