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INVENTÁRIO dos Códices Alcobacenses. Lisboa. 1930-1978. - INVENTÁRIO dos Códices Alcobacenses . Lisboa: Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa, 1930-1978. 6 v.; 572, [4] pp.: il.; 225 mm. Inventory of the Alcobaça manuscripts preserved in the National Library of Lisbon, published in 6 volumes over 48 years - the first volume in 1930, the final volume of indexes only in 1978. The work was initiated under the direction of Arnaldo Faria de Ataíde e Melo, head of the Manuscripts Section of the National Library, and continued by Colonel Augusto Botelho da Costa Veiga, director of the same institution. Illustrated with facsimiles of folios from the most significant codices. The Alcobaça Codices constitute the most important collection of medieval Portuguese manuscripts, originating from the library of the Cistercian Monastery of Santa Maria de Alcobaça – founded in 1153 – and incorporated into the National Library after the extinction of religious orders in 1834. The collection comprises approximately 454 manuscripts from the 12th to the 18th centuries, covering theology, philosophy, hagiography, canon law, liturgy, and literature in Latin and Portuguese, many with illuminations and decorated capitals. The Inventory is the indispensable reference tool for the study of this collection and of medieval Portuguese monastic culture. Complete collection. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate