Homilies d'Organyà
Homilías de Organyà
- Date
- 1904 (hallazgo) / 1905 (publicación) · confidence high
- Place
- Organyà, Catalonia, Spain
- Credited to
- Joaquim Miret i Sans
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
A manuscript containing six sermons in Old Catalan, the oldest surviving literary text in that language beyond mere fragments, found in the rectory of Organyà by historian Joaquim Miret i Sans.
What it led to
- Philological study of the formation of the Catalan language
- A key reference in the history of the Catalan language
- Preservation and digitization of early Romance manuscripts