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Cathedral General Archive

The Cathedral Library Archive is a two-storey library situated above the Old Sacristy and the current Chapter House.

It houses the archive, files, parchments, papal bulls, legal
and royal documents, Cathedral constitutions, letters, offices, etc.

Some examples

Bible N.T. Commentaria super Ioannem et Lucam.
(14th century)
14th century, 204 ff., vellum, 370 x 270. Texts with two and three columns. Variable number and size of lines.

Breviarium romanum.
(15th century)
518 ff., vellum, 267 x 188 Text with two columns, gothic letter. Horizontal catchwords in the bottom.
Blank pages 89, 90, 336, 517 and 518.

Missale Valentinum.
(15th century)
507 ff., vellum, 385 x 282, Text with two columns, 24 lines.
Textual gothic letter. Horizontal catchwords situated under the intercolumn spaces

Railings Project for the Choir of the Cathedral
(1590) work by Pedro Sánchez de Cordoba.
Gathering in pencil and water-down ink. Craft laid paper in beige of 120 g/m2 approximately.

Design for a monstrance
(1785) Valencian anonymous author
Gathering in black ink with water-down ink in grey, yellow and red. Craft laid paper in beige of 160 g/m2 approximately.

Design for a stained-glass window
for the Great Chapel
(1894) work by José Aixá
Gathering in graphite pencil, dated and signed in black ink. Industrial paper in ochre of 120 g/m2 approximately.

Confessional box project
(1900) Valencian anonymous author
Side and front profile of the ground and gathering in graphite pencil. Industrial graph paper in beige of 120 g/m2 approximately.

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