Uma porta para o passado e uma janela para o futuro: edições de documentos do Livro I do Tombo do Mosteiro de São Bento da Bahia

Abstract

This thesis presents, in two volumes, a philological analysis of documents of Livro I do Tombo of Benedictine Monastery of Bahia through a conservative edition and a digital edition. The first section introduces Philology, contextualizing its role in contemporary society. Next, there is an explanation on Philology and notarial documents, establishing, thus, the relationship between the study object and the elements that compose the textual surroundings. At this time, it is introduced the scenario where Livro I do Tombo is located, the Library and the Archive of the Benedictine Monastery of Bahia. The presentation of Livro I do Tombo follows this, with a detailed extrinsic description through which was drawn a historical profile for the mixture of technique and art a manuscript book is, as well as how does it appear in the history of humanity. The intrinsic description of the manuscript is also shown. A description of the methodology applied to the development of the Catalogue, the onomastic and the chronological indexes is offered to the reader as well as the main historical characters from families enrolled in the document are described, by developping their family trees. Further considerations on culture and memory from this Livro is presented through the analysis of the rites of land tenure which occur in the manuscript (one has literary focus and the another connected to the Middle Ages memory) and liturgical rites of death (with analysis of two wills ). The previous editions of Livro I are introduced, containing: a reflection on the Textual Criticism; about Conservative Edition of documents with the criteria adopted for it and major difficulties in transcription; about digital editing and its methodology. Then they are brought in the catalog, the whole onomastic and chronological indexes, the list of documents transcribed and final considerations. The digital edition is presented in the second volume of this thesis (DVD) with all texts produced in this thesis, descriptions, analyzes, facsimiles etc., linked through hyperlinks.