El estudio de las marcas de agua del papel como material para determinar la datación y procedencia de las fuentes histórico-musicales, y su grado de fiabilidad. (Una primera aproximación, a partir de los manuscritos de la primera mitad del siglo XVII del Archivo de Música de las catedrales De Zaragoza)

Abstract

The analysis of watermarks (considered the hallmark of the manufacturer) as a tool for dating musical documents, and even for investigating their possible places of provenance, is a field that up till now has warranted little attention on the part of the musicologists in our country. We have had to rely on the studies of historians, mostly concerned with the period of the Middle Ages, on sources from other countries or on investigations overly parochial. On the other hand, basic reference bibliography is outdated and affords few tangible indications to the musicologist interested in dating the sources of his study. Taking as a case in point the musical sources from the first half of the seventeenth century originating from the Music Archives of the Cathedrals of Zaragoza, this study will endeavour to furnish a starting point for future studies, while at the same time awakening scholars to the need to compile as many watermarks as they possibly can, with a view to assembling a good collection of available materials "to compare", thereby creating a foundation for future studies of historical Musicology in the Hispanic field.