Wood and Wood Trades in Barcelona. Historical File Fond Guide for its Study

Abstract

The importance of wood as feedstock has been such, that its trade and manipulation has been object of regulation by governments. The autonomous government of Barcelona, the Consell de Cent, kept a record of this regulation in the various types of municipal documentation: ordinances, deliberations, clavaris books, racionals dispatch notes and building registers. Not only does the AHCB hold these municipal archives, but also institutional and private documentation - personal and from entities and companies- in written and graphic collections. The guide here presented intends to give a global view on all the wood related trades developed in Barcelona, the interplay between them and their synergies with other sectors such as building, engineering, and decorative arts. Our communication coincides with the technical revision done in the carpenter’s guild documentary resource, available online (2020).