Goma, a Phantom Toponym in Latin Documents from Catalonia in the Early Middle Ages

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https://doi.org/10.1344/Svmma2023.22.3

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Medieval Latin, Toponymy, Early Medieval Barcelona

Abstract

Three editions of Parchment 1-2-138 in the Chapterhouse Archive of Barcelona include Goma as a toponym from mediaeval Barcelona. Our research on the digital Corpus Documentale Latinum Cataloniae (CODOLCAT) has enabled us to correct the term Goma and propose a correct interpretation of this and others that our study has revealed to be inaccurate. Therefore, this article highlights the usefulness of CODOLCAT for analysing the aforementioned toponyms in diplomas from the early mediaeval period, as well as the improvement offered by this type of work for editions of the texts available to us.

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2024-03-01

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