Sigillvm is a project aimed at the invento- rying, cataloguing, organising and process- ing of Portuguese medieval secular clergy seals that exist in various institutions hold- ing archives, collections of separate seals, and seal matrices. The project also aims at the repackaging and assessment of seal condition through the preparation of reports that recommend conservation and restora- SIGILLVM tion measures. Corpus of Portuguese Seals This scattered and unknown world of seals will be presented on a database with descrip- tions and images, consisting of the first step towards the creation of a national online sigillographic catalogue.

www.portugal-sigillvm.net Inventorying, cataloguing and digitalisation Promotion and dissemination of the project of Portuguese medieval ecclesiastic sigil- to a specialised public and to civil society, ob lography, which consists of the first stage in particular the school community, promot- towards the preparation and presentation ing knowledge about a valuable heritage of of a national online sigillographic catalogue. undeniable interest, and historical, docu- jec mental and cultural importance, to this day Treatment, organisation, and preventive re- almost ignored. ti packaging of seals and the documents they are attached to. ves Evaluation of the numerical composition and condition of the sigillographic corpus that has been inventoried and catalogued.

Provision to each custodial institution of a rigorous categorisation of their seal col- lections, including recommendations on preservation and restoration interventions needed.

Geraldo Domingues, bishop of Évora - 1315 Digital availability and online dissemination © ANTT (Gaveta 12, m. 5, nº 1) of the catalogue with open access.

page 5 Although seals have been used since Adding to this unfortunate situation is the decades ago by the hand of Michel Pas- ancient times with the triple and impor- fact that in Portugal, unlike what happened toureau gave a new boost to the study of pro tant function of identifying, validating and in other European countries, no systematic these “small monuments”. In recent years keeping something inviolable, a function casts of seals have been carried out, nor and in various countries, seals have been still at play nowadays, care for their inven- any sigillographic catalogues have been the theme of major exhibitions, of multidis- ject torying, preservation and study have not made. The only large cataloguing attempt ciplinary scientific meetings and research corresponded to what is desirable. in existence is the known work of Luís projects. In Portugal, the interest in the In Portugal there is no systematic survey Gonzaga de Lancastre e Távora, Marquês subject has been growing over the past two which gives an account of the number of de Abrantes, O estudo da sigilografia me- decades. One cannot study or disseminate, seals or their condition, or a survey that dieval portuguesa (, 1983). This however, what one does not know exists or allows counting the losses incurred. A study concerns only a part of the existing where to be found. Contact with seals has recent analysis of the seals prior to 1319 medieval seals of the National Archive of led researchers to verifying the urgency from the archives of the Cathedral Chap- Torre do Tombo and a restricted number of that needs to be put on preserving the na- ter of Coimbra stored at the National Ar- seal impressions and matrices from other tional sigillographic heritage, its inventory- chive of Torre do Tombo (ANTT) points to sources. The study also presents a varied ing, cataloguing and dissemination. almost 50% of missing seals and only 25% number of errors and inaccuracies, and of the remaining considered to be in good does not comply with the international in- condition (MORUJÃO, 2010). Given that ventorying and cataloguing criteria defined this is one of the largest Portuguese seal since 1990 by the Vocabulaire International collections, such numbers are an alarming de la Sigillographie (Rome, 1990). indicator of the urgent need to safeguard the sigillographic heritage still existing in The rebirth and renewal of the sigillo- our country. graphic science that occurred a few

page 7 It is within this framework that the pro- ject “SIGILLVM: Corpus of Portuguese Seals. Inventorying, cataloguing and Nicolau, bishop of Silves - 1190 Estêvão Eanes Brochardo, bishop of Coimbra - 1304 Egas Viegas, bishop of Viseu - 1289-1313 © ANTT (Most. S. Vicente de Fora, m. 1, nº 5) © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 2ª inc., m. 12, nº 576) © AMGV (Selos Avulsos, 1) digitalisation of Portuguese medieval ecclesiastic sigillography” appears, first stage of a larger work plan - SIGILLVM PORTVGALIAE ® – which aims, in the medium term, to broaden the invento- ried sigillographic world to the entire Portuguese seals up to the end of the Ancien Régime.

Fr. Estêvão, bishop of Lisbon - 1315 Martinho Afonso de Miranda, bishop of Coimbra - 1393 João Galvão, bishop of Coimbra – 1467 © ANTT (Gaveta 2, m. 5, nº 1) © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 2ª inc., m. 65, nº 2384) © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 2ª inc., m. 62, nº 2287)

page 9 Professora auxiliar [assistant professor] Member of the Centre for Religious History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Coim- Studies of the Portuguese Catholic Univer- coor bra, where she obtained her PhD in Re sity. Master in History of the Middle Ages, History of the Middle Ages. She is a with the dissertation A Sé de Lamego na collaborator member of the Centre for primeira metade do século XIV: 1296 - dina Religious History Studies of the Portu- sear -1349 (Leiria, 2003). PhD student at the guese Catholic University and an inte- , where he is preparing grated member of the Centre for Histo- his dissertation on the diocese of Viseu in the tor ry of Society and Culture of the Faculty cher Middle Ages. of Arts, University of Coimbra. Author Co-ordinator of the project of inventory, of the first study on sigillography of the critical analysis and research of the collection Portuguese secular clergy, focusing on of the Grão Vasco Museum Archive (2007). the seals of the bishops, the chapter Scientific and technical co-ordinator of the Maria do Rosário and the curia of the Cathedral of Coim- Anísio Miguel de digital catalogue of that Archive, edited Barbosa Morujão bra, built into her doctoral dissertation Sousa Saraiva by the Institute of Museums and Conser- A Sé de Coimbra: instituição e chance- vation within the exhibition Monumentos laria (1080-1318) (Lisbon, 2010). Au- de Escrita: 400 anos de História da Sé e thor of multiple works in religious histo- da Cidade de Viseu (1230-1639) (Viseu, ry, editing of sources, diplomatics and 2007-2008), of which he was the author sigillography, many of which made in and executive and scientific co-ordinator co-operation of Anísio Miguel de Sou- as well. Author of multiple works in reli- sa Saraiva, with whom she created the gious history, editing of sources, and sigil- current project. lography.

page 11 Integrated member of the CLEPUL Member of the Centre for Historical [Centre of Portuguese-Speaking Litera- Studies and the Portuguese Centre Re ture and Culture of the University of Lis- Re for Global History, NOVA University of bon]. Master in Medieval History with Lisbon. He integrates a large number the dissertation O Mosteiro de S. Simão of national and international research sear da Junqueira, dos primórdios até 1300 sear projects linked to document sources (Vila do Conde, 2004). PhD in Muse- editing, within which he has systematical- um Studies by the Leicester University ly researched hundreds of charters in cher (UK) in 2002, with the dissertation Mu- cher many Portuguese and foreign archives. seums and Temporary Exhibitions as Author of several works, most of which means of propaganda: the Portuguese related to the editing of sources and the case during the . He has a development of research tools, such as vast experience in the area of cultural Pedro Miguel indexes and inventories of archives. heritage inventory. He is co-author of Sérgio Lira the computer application Index Rerum Correia Pinto – a system of inventory and heritage management developed by the compa- ny FCo and granted to the SIGILLVM project courtesy of FCo.

page 13 Maître de conférences at Paris Ouest – Nanterre – La Défense University. con Doctorat d’État in Law. Vice-president of the Société Française d’Héraldique et de Sigillographie. Laureate by sul the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Secretary General of the International Heraldry Academy. tant Author and editor of various works on sigillography, he is unanimously

acknowledged as one of the main world Coimbra See’s Chapter - 1252 João Vicente, archdeacon of Penela - 1288 Egas Lourenço Magro, dean of Lisbon - 1304 specialists in this area. © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 1ª inc., m. 15, nº 6) © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 1ª inc., m. 18, nº 4) © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 2ª inc., m. 22, nº 960) Jean-Luc Chassel

Mem Martins, magister scholarum of Coimbra - 1427 João Peres das Leis, canon of Évora - 1315 Martim Botelho, treasurer of Lamego - 1331 © ANTT (Sé de Coimbra, 2ª inc., m. 39, nº 1655) © ANTT (Gaveta 12, m. 5, nº 1) © BNP (Pergaminhos, 56P)

page 15 Project funded by the Programme of Free use of the collections’ inventory and Support to the Recovery, Treatment and management system Index Rerum during Fun Organisation of Archive Collections. spon the first year of the project. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a FCo. – Fullservice company in multimedia ding Portuguese private institution of public utili- sors is a company positioned in the cultural, ty whose statutory aims are in the fields tourism, education and business markets of Arts, Charity, Education and Science. working and developing heritage, commu- Created by a clause in Calouste Sarkis nication, and multimedia solutions, particu- Gulbenkian’s will, the Foundation’s statutes larly content creation and production. The were approved by the Portuguese State in company was a pioneer in these areas and July 18, 1956. is currently market leader in Portugal in the production and implementation of audio visiting systems.

Technical support and advanced training in documents and seals scanning.

REDINTEG is a company that offers com- plete scanning and microfilm solutions for preservation, reproduction and dissemination of information, associated with legal or identity issues and cultural production. It also provides technical assistance, training and consultancy in software and equipment implementation.

page 17 The CEHR - Centre for Religious History ings. Their institutional affiliations include, Studies is a research unit of the Portuguese among others, the International Council on Wel Catholic University. The CEHR initiated its Archives (category C) and the ICARUS – activity in 1988, in continuation of the Cen- International Centre for Archival Research. tre for Ecclesiastical History Studies found- coming ed in 1956. It is recognised and evaluated The CEHR hosts a research line on “Mem- since 2002 by the Foundation for Science ory, Mediations and Materialisations of Re- and Technology. ligion”, with an interdisciplinary character combining historiographic research with The Centre’s mission is the study of the his- distinct but complementary areas, such as tory of society from the religious phenome- art, iconography, heritage and archive sys- non perspective. Focused on religion as a tems. Our current project will be developed forum for analysis of society – both at the under this research line. level of mentalities, institutions and prac- tices, the Centre studies the interactions between social dynamics and religious dy- namics, promoting scientific knowledge and its transmission to the community.

The CEHR is formed by a group of re- searchers assigned to research lines and integrating different work groups. These re- searchers are responsible for research pro- jects, training courses and scientific meet-

page 19 Direcção-Geral do Livro, dos Ar- them one highlights the District Archives of important collection of separate documents quivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) Oporto and Viseu, which were built largely of that includes remarkable medieval sigillo- part documents from the cathedrals of these cities. graphic examples yet to inventory. Under its The General Directorate of the Book, Ar- tutelage lies the Évora Public Library where chives and Libraries oversees the Portu- Direcção-Geral do Património there are practically unknown medieval ners guese Network of Archives in which most Cultural (DGPC) documents from the Évora Cathedral. archives with collections for intervention under this project are included. Among Most of the inventorying and cataloguing Arquivo da Universidade de Coim- them, and because of its importance, is the of medieval seal collections and matrices, bra (AUC) National Archive of Torre do Tombo, where preserved in museums, palaces, and Por- most of the Portuguese medieval documen- tuguese monuments, is still to be made. Apart from holding the custody of the Uni- tation was incorporated in the 19th century Such institutions could not be left aside in versity’s documentation, the Archive of the and following the establishment of the Re- a project of the nature of the current pro- University of Coimbra also operates as a public. At the National Archive one can find ject. A partnership has therefore been es- district archive. It has medieval collections the archival bodies of most cathedrals, col- tablished with the General Directorate of of great importance, for which the collec- legiate churches, and monastic institutions, Cultural Heritage to carry out the research tions originally from the Coimbra Cathedral collections with a large number of seals of seals and seal matrices in the collections and from secular and monastic institutions such as the Gavetas, as well as a wide and reserves of the museums, palaces, and located in the districts of Coimbra and Avei- range of separate seals largely unidentified. monuments under its tutelage. ro are of particular relevance to the current Regional archives located in district capital project. cities are also part of the Portuguese Net- Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal work of Archives. Most of these regional ar- (BNP) Arquivo Distrital de (ADB) chives also retain medieval collections that are relevant for the current project. Among The National Library of Portugal has an Subordinate to the University of Minho, the

page 21 Braga District Archive preserves almost in- of Oporto, a city of episcopal domain, which tact archival collections from the Braga Ca- makes this archive especially important for thedral, as well as collections of medieval the current project. documentation produced in other secular and regular institutions of the northern re- Arquivo da Sé de Évora (ASE) gion of Portugal. Incorporated in the only Portuguese cathe- Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimen- dral that retained custody of its medieval ta (AMAP) documentation, the Évora Cathedral Ar- Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa chive has collections that are almost un- Universidade Católica Portuguesa Besides being the repository of the municipal- heard of when it comes to seals. These col- con Palma de Cima ity’s documentation, the Alfredo Pimenta Mu- lections are essential for the current project. 1649-023 Lisboa | Portugal nicipal Archive operates as a district archive for the municipality of Guimarães. It preserves Arquivo Histórico do Patriarca- tac Phone (+351) 217 214 130 the collection from the Collegiate Church of do de Lisboa (AHPL) [email protected] Santa Maria da Oliveira of Guimarães, one ts www.portugal-sigillvm.net of the most important Portuguese collegiate Recently organised, the Historical Archive churches of the Middle Ages. of the Lisbon Patriarchate is receiving the incorporation of collections coming from Arquivo Histórico Municipal do parishes and churches of the city of Lisbon. Porto (AHMP) These collections include sealed medieval charters thus far unknown that will allow Abundant in medieval documentation, the filling many of the gaps caused by the dis- Municipal Historical Archive of Oporto in- appearance of the Lisbon Cathedral archive cludes the rich collection of the municipality following the 1755 earthquake.