Cançoners DB: A New Research Tool for the Study of Medieval Catalan Songbooks

Abstract

This article presents the Cançoners DB, a database devoted to medieval Catalan songbooks transmitting Catalan lyric and verse narrative works ca. 1300–1500. In addition to introducing the aims and scope of the project, this essay reflects on the challenges and prospects of studying and indexing the material characteristics of Catalan songbooks in order to research works in verse, book production, and the compared structure of songbooks in Romance language traditions