Documentary Treasures in Spanish from the Swiss Archives

Inventory, Edition and Scientific Dissemination

Abstract

The Swiss archives contain documentary treasures in Spanish, largely unknown both to the general public and to specialists, that deserve to be catalogued and edited to become more accessible. For over a decade, the GRAFILA group (Lausanne Philological Analysis Group) has dedicated itself to this task, visiting numerous archives and libraries across the Swiss Confederation in order to discover, inventory, photograph and edit the Hispanic documents that form a part of the Swiss heritage. This article depicts the progress we have made so far in this endeavour, as well as pending tasks for the future.