Homilies d'Organyà
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The Homilies d'Organyà (Catalan pronunciation: [umiˈli.əz ðuɾɡəˈɲa]) constitute one of the oldest known literary documents (longer than a mere fragment) in the Catalan language. It is known for the antiquity of its language, between vulgar Latin and Catalan. Older texts in Catalan include a fragment of the Forum iudicum, the feudal oath of 1098, and the Greuges de Guitard Isarn of 1080–1091, also of Organyà origin,[1] as well as Catalan glosses in Latin documents dated to as far back as 1034.
Homilies d'Organyà | |
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Author(s) | Unknown |
Language | Catalan |
Date | end of the 12th century |
Provenance | Santa Maria d'Organyà, Organyà, Catalonia |
State of existence | Kept in National Library of Catalonia |
Genre | Religion |
Length | 8 leaves of paper; 23 lines each page, 50-55 words each line |
Subject | Six sermons on various gospels and epistles |
The Homilies d'Organyà were discovered in the vicarage of Organyà in 1904 by Dr. Joaquim Miret i Sans, a historian and lawyer. It is dated to the end of the 12th century[2] and is composed of six sermons that include commentaries on various gospels and epistles.
The original is kept in the National Library of Catalonia, and a reproduction is also displayed in Organyà.