One of the earliest surviving codices produced entirely in Galicia outside the cathedral scriptoria of Santiago or Ourense. Offers key evidence for the rise of Galician-Portuguese as a written language in civil and religious contexts. The Portus Apostoli legend prefigures the later maritime cult of the Virxe da Peregrina.
Gothic textualis rotunda, two main scribes identified.
Title: Codex Pontevedra (Códice de Pontevedra) codex pontevedra
Liber Pontis Veteris , Manuscrito de Santa María de Pontevedra
Medieval Galician-Portuguese, with some Latin sections. One of the earliest surviving codices produced entirely
Vellum; 142 leaves (estimated original: 160+). Dimensions: approx. 290 × 200 mm.
Likely produced in a monastic scriptorium in or near Pontevedra, possibly linked to the Convent of San Francisco or the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor. Gothic textualis rotunda, two main scribes identified
Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor (Pontevedra) → private collection (18th c.) → rediscovered in 1927 by Galician historian Xosé Filgueira Valverde. Currently held at the Museo de Pontevedra (MS 1/1928).