Los fragmentos de códices litúrgicos del Archivo de la Colegiata de Alquézar: catálogo y análisis comparado

Abstract

Amidst its mediaeval documentation, the collegiate church of Santa María de Alquézar, in the Somontano de Barbastro region, holds nearly thirty fragments of codices from the 12th-17th centuries which have gone unnoticed to researchers. Their value stems from the special historical and liturgical aspects of this church in the central Pyrenees, including its intermediate location between the bishop sees of Roda de Isábena- Barbastro and Jaca-Huesca, and its subordination to the bishopric of Tortosa between the 12th and 13th centuries. Consequently, the analysis of these fragmenta codicum allows them to be positioned with respect to these three poles of influence and also sheds light on the question of a possible irradiation, in the area of Upper Aragon, of the liturgical tradition of Saint-Ruf d'Avignon, linked to Tortosa cathedral.