La biblioteca 'rota' de Santa María de Oia (c. 1150-1250)

Abstract

Up until the present moment not one single manuscript, in the strict sense of the word, dating circa 1150-1250 has been identified as coming from the Cistercian Abbey of Oia, in the diocese of Tuy (Pontevedra, Spain). So far the only books from this period connected with this community and available for research are those attested to by the fragments used in modern times to protect, reinforce and label archive materials. This is what we mean by the expression broken library of Oia, a fragile, scattered and unedited collection which is, at the same time, very interesting both for its physical characteristics, as well as for the content of the manuscripts they come from.