Agents of the National Police have recovered a musical manuscript stolen from the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del
Dump. The piece is a sheet of parchment with inscriptions in Gothic script and musical notations dating from the 16th century and which was allegedly stolen by a group of former students from the María Cristina Royal University Center. The hymnal is part of the collection of 221 choral books that Felipe II ordered to be made for the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial.
The investigations began when the agents received notification of the theft, at the end of the 1980s and by former students of the María Cristina Royal University Center, of several sheets of a hymnal that was located in the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial. .
Thanks to various efforts, the person who had one of the stolen sheets in his possession was identified in Murcia. The agents traveled to the town to recover the stolen property and deposit it in police stations and, later, deliver it to the Monastery of El Escorial.
The cantoral contained the Veni Creator in the profession of a novice After carrying out the appropriate checks, it was verified that the recovered manuscript corresponded to page 8 of the Cantoral 140. This cantoral is made up of 58 paginated sheets, and three unpaginated ones that contain the Veni Creator in the profession of a novice.
In addition, it is part of the collection of 221 choral books that Felipe II ordered to be made for the Royal Monastery and that was made by different book writers, miniaturists and bookbinders of the time. Finally the sheet has been returned to the director of the Royal Library of the Monastery.
2023-08-21 12:56:22
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