Vellum; 142 leaves (estimated original: 160+). Dimensions: approx. 290 × 200 mm.
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. codex pontevedra
Title: Codex Pontevedra (Códice de Pontevedra) Vellum; 142 leaves (estimated original: 160+)
Late 13th – early 14th century (c. 1280–1320) 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).
Gothic textualis rotunda, two main scribes identified.