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The computer as a tool for diplomatic research: historiography and prospects

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The purpose of the article is to analyze how the use of computers for diplomatic research has evolved over the last half century, to establish a state of the art and possible perspectives. An analysis of the relevant bibliography in Spanish, English, French and Italian, which has dealt with the methodology of dip-lomatic research in recent decades, as well as those works that have raised specific proposals for the use of computer for editing and analysis of historical documents. The article highlights the phases in which techno-logical evolution has been conditioning its possible uses in diplomatic analysis, and concludes that the ana-lytical possibilities of the computer for the discipline are still underutilized.

The sign of the “figurative sun” in the Numismatics of Puerto Rico

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The sign of the solar disk constitutes one of the most important mythological and religious symbols within the vast majority of ancient civilizations. From the Shamash of the Mesopotamians, the Ra, Aten or Amun-Ra of the Egyptians, the Greek Apollo, the Roman Helios, the Aztec Huitzilopochtli, or the Inca Inti, the solar disk occupied a primordial place in the pantheon of the most diverse civiliza-tions and peoples throughout history. As an iconographic sign, the flaming sun —and in many cases with human or “figurative” features— quickly came to occupy a prominent place in heraldry, as well as in the art of coins and medals, often associated with concepts of libertarian struggles. In this work we propose an initial approach to the use of the “figurative sun” in various monetary pieces of the island of Puerto Rico; mainly in the enigmatic “pattern coin” of 1890, as well as in various “riles” or tokens from plantations and merchants of the late nineteenth century.

Evolution of the Sigillography of the bishop and inquisitor general don fray Manuel de Abbad y Lasierra during his ecclesiastical career (1729-1806)

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Study of the official sigilographic series of Fray Don Manuel de Abbad y Lasierra through the evolution of the different seals used by him through his different executive ecclesiastical positions, pointing out their characteristics, their permanent motifs and the modifications that could have been made in function of the position held.

Study of Latin inscriptions from the excavations carried out in the alcazaba of Mérida

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We study several Latin inscriptions from the archaeological excavations carried out in the Alcazaba of Mérida in 1969-1971. These inscriptions are part of the collection of the National Muse-um of Roman Art. The study of the archaeological context of these inscriptions provides interesting information about them. Some of these inscriptions are already known, but others have remained unpublished or have only been partially published until the present research. On the other hand, we want to highlight how a large part of the inscriptions appeared in a different context from the one for which they were intended at the time of their creation, showing a systematic reuse of construction and epigraphic materials, especially since Late Antiquity.

Preventive function of a notary in the legal system of society

2023-06-09T09:48:41+00:00

As Ukraine has chosen the European vector of development, the legal status of the notary as the subject providing protection of the rights and lawful interests of citizens deserves special attention. Due to the insufficient level of legal literacy among the population, the legislator imposes on the notary the duty to implement a preventive function, namely to explain to persons their rights and responsibilities, warn of the consequences of notarial acts, and most importantly, assist individuals and legal entities in protection and the realization of their rights and interests. This function has recently become increasingly important, as the notary, certifying transactions with the participation of the parties, should help prevent offenses. In particular, its activities are aimed at preventing conflicts and disputes in civil law relations, both when concluding a transaction and those that will arise in the future. To achieve the objectives outlined in this study, methods of analysis, dialectical, anthropological, functional, documentary analysis and others were used. The aim of the work is a comprehensive general theoretical and applied study of the legal nature of the functions of the notary, including preventive function, as well as substantiation of the main directions of legal regulation of the notary in Ukraine in modern state transformations, development of relevant scientifically sound proposals and recommendations.

“Know everyone who can read this power of attorney...”: authorization for carrying out functions on behalf of another in castilian crown during the reign of Carlos I

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The article addresses the analysis of two notarial documentary typologies, the power of attorney and its substitution, during the first half of the 16th century, reign of Carlos I. The diplomatic analysis will accompany the history of the legal background of these models and the comparative with what the various forms and treaties of the time provide. The documentary corpus -origin of the diplo-matically analyzed models- corresponds to protocols from the Provincial Historical Archive of Málaga, a city incorporated to the Castilian crown in 1487, with public notaries adept at notarial practice con-solidated since the 13th century in Hispanic land.

Fugite partes adversae. A protective invocation against the devil in an unpublished Latin inscription on metal

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This paper presents the study and edition of a text engraved on a golden metal sheet that contains a protective invocation against the devil. The text reproduces numerous acronyms of protective formulas that copy the written amulet against the devil of San Antonio de Padua, transmitted in various printed in the Modern Age. The main hypothesis is that the textual reference that is copied in this inscription comes from a print from the 18th Century, although the execution of the epigraph could be later.

The production of ecclesiastical documentation in the kingdom of Galicia between 1345 and 1353: a reading about the plague

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This article reviews the context of the incidence of the Black Death in the kingdom of Galicia taking an indicator not explored until now: the quantification of the production of documents by the main ecclesiastical institutions of the territory, between 1345 and 1353. With it we will offer various graphs in organization of the data, as well as some possible lines of interpretation, verifying that effec-tively the arrival of the pestilence affects the documentary production, which is diminished in 1348, but also that at no time institutional life is retracted by complete but redirects the trend towards a sustained but softer decrease.

Buying coats of arms. The acquisition of heraldic certifications seen through the correspondence with the kings of arms

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This paper analyzes the different phases of the process of purchasing a heraldic certifica-tion in Spain in the Early Modern Age. The main source used has been the drafts of various kings of arms from the end of the 16th to the 18th centuries, with a special abundance of data for the latter, as well as the correspondence of various clients or their representatives with the heralds, preserved together with several of the aforementioned drafts. It is this last source that allows greater detail in the knowledge of certification purchase procedures, including a more intimate view of them and the intentions of those who acquired them. The analysis of these documents has made it possible to verify certain issues: the importance of the geographical proximity of the client to the king of arms; the fundamental role of intermediaries when contracting certifications of arms; the usual duration of the epistolary exchange and the execution of heraldic certifications; the genealogical claims of the clients and the way in which the kings of arms elaborated their genealogies; the heraldic fraud carried out by the kings of arms, who only copied coats of arms of homonymous families and often simply accepted the coats of arms presented to them by their own clients; and the specific motivations that pushed the latter to buy their certifications, which ranged from achieving a design to put a blazon on the facades of their houses to obtaining the nobility, sometimes being related to entering a military order or re-ceiving a title of nobility.

Tradition, society and arms propaganda on ancient Greek coinage in the eastern Mediterranean

2023-06-09T09:48:28+00:00

The main objective of this study is to identify the reasons for the choice of armament types on ancient Greek coins in order to understand the Hellenistic societies and their organisation as military oligarchies through the analysis of their message and communicative intention. The hoplite weaponry, which is well known for its multiple representations in other representations of Hellenistic material culture such as ceramics, sculptures and reliefs, is the most frequently repeated on ancient Greek coin-age. It is to this type of armorial representations, which become the emblem of a family and a society, that we would like to dedicate this work, based on the analysis of the numismatic types of the eastern Med-iterranean, collected in a list of coinage from the 6th-1st centuries BC with armorial representations and an eminent military message. In this way, it is possible to verify how, in such a propagandistic element as coins were in antiquity, hoplite weaponry was a source of pride and a symbol of social status and a testimony to the technological development of that society.
The message conveyed by the coins was a very useful communication tool for the Greek poleis at the time, as it represented an effective propagandistic action, which today is an unequalled source of his-torical documentation and is particularly interesting in iconographic and communicative terms.

Estadísticas anuales

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María Teresa Carrasco Lazareno, Julián Canorea Huete y Érika López Gómez (eds.) y Ángel Martínez Catalán (colab.), De memoria scribenda et custodienda. Miscelánea de estudios sobre archivos catedralicios, monásticos y de órdenes militares, Madrid, La Ergástula Ediciones, 2022, 294 pp. ISBN: 978-84-16242-36-8.

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Francisco Javier Crespo Muñoz, Manual básico de descripción documental. Do-cumentación de la Corona de Castilla (Edades Media y Moderna), Madrid, La Ergástula Ediciones, 2022, 294 pp. ISBN: 978-84-16242-36-8.

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Santiago Domínguez Sánchez, Documentos de Martín V (1417-1431) referentes a España, vol. I (Fondos de los Registros Vaticanos), León, Universidad de León, 2021, 792 pp. ISBN: 978-84-18490-44-6.

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Juan Carlos Galende Díaz (dir.) y Nicolás Ávila Seoane (coord.), Cultura escrita e Historia social de Madrid durante el Siglo de las Luces, Madrid, Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2022, 336 pp. ISBN: 978-84-88833-30-3.

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Laurent Hablot, Miguel Metelo de Seixas y Matteo Ferrari (dirs.), Devises, lettres, chiffres et couleurs: un code emblématique, 1350-1550, Lisboa, Instituto de Estudos Medievais de la Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2022, 440 pp. ISBN: 978-989-53585-6-4.

2023-04-17T06:21:41+00:00

Aránzazu Lafuente Urién, Archivos nobiliarios. Qué son y cómo se tratan, Gijón, Ediciones Trea, 2021, 177 pp. ISBN: 978-84-18932-32-8 (ed. impresa) y 978-84-18932-51-9 (ed. electrónica).

2023-04-17T06:22:57+00:00

Carlos López Rodríguez, Falsos, falsarios y crédulos en los archivos españoles. El caso del tratado de Cazola, Madrid, Fundación Universitaria Española, 2022, 190 pp. ISBN: 978-84-73929-97-4.

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Donncha Macgabhann, The Book of Kells. A masterwork revealed: creators, collaboration and campaigns

2023-04-17T06:24:36+00:00

Pablo Alberto Mestre Navas, Sevilla (siglos VIII-XV). Corpus inscriptionum His-paniae mediaevalium, León, Universidad de León, 2022, 405 pp. ISBN: 978-84-18490-49-1.

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Beatriz Inés Moreyra Villalba y Silvano G. A. Benito Moya, El patrimonio archivístico de Catamarca. Guía de fondos documentales, Córdoba, Centro de Estudios Históricos Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti, 2021, 446 pp. ISBN: 978-987-4126-10-8.

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Francisco Olivenza Millón, La cancillería de Alfonso XI a través de los documen-tos del Archivo Municipal de Logroño, Logroño, Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2021, 156 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9960-138-0.

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César Olivera Serrano, Las Cortes castellano-leonesas del siglo XV en sus docu-mentos: el registro o libro de Cortes (1425-1502), Madrid, Editorial Dykinson, 2022, 499 pp. ISBN: 978-84-1122-378-2.

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Unión Americana de Numismática-UNAN (con la colaboración de Roberto Jovel, Pedro Damián Cano Borrego, Claudio Angelini, Ricardo de León, Jorge Emilio González, Carlos Iza, Luis Roberto Ponte, Carlos Torres Gandolfi y José Serna), Las monedas de sitio en América Latina, San Salvador, Unión Ameri-cana de Numismática, 2022, 269 pp. ISBN: 978-99961-2-670-3

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