Burial - Copons, Spain 1572

Below is an example of a Burial register from the church of Santa Maria in the town of Copons in Catalonia, Spain.

The original entry is on one page; however, it has been broken into three sections here in order to more closely analyze it.

Transcription	line	Translation
Obits + 10	1	Deaths Records + 10
En nom de nostre senyor Deu y dela	2	In the name of our Lord God and of the
glorioʃa verge Maria mare	3	glorious Virgin Mary, (his
ʃua ʃia amen.	4	Mother), so be it amen.
Comenʃa lo llibre dels obits de	5	Starts the book of deaths of
la Egleʃia parroquial de S^ta.	6	the parochial church of Santa
Maria de Copons del biʃbat	7	Maria de Copons of the bishopric
de vich permj Jaume Tort	8	of Vic, by me, Jaume Tort
preuere Rector de dita Egle-	9	parish priest of the said church
-ʃia de Copons Lo qual comẽʃi -	10	of Copons, the which be-
-a · Trenta de Juny del any	11	-gins the thirtieth of June of the year
1572 y ʃonlos ʃeguents -	12	of 1572 and they are the following:

Transcription	line	Translation
Primo a vjnt ynon dejuny	1	First on the twenty-ninth of June
delany 1572·Mori en Ni-	2	of the year 1572· Died Ni-
-colau Seraphi pages del	3	-colau Serafí farmer of the
lloch de Copons rebe tots los	4	village of Copons, recieved all the
ʃagraments, feuteʃtament	5	sacraments, and made testament
endita parroquja aquĩʃe	6	in said parish on the fifteenth
dies del mes deJuny dedit any	7	day of the month of June of said year,
1572·y atrenta deditt dia	8	1572, and thirtieth of said day
y anyy fonch ʃoterrat lo ʃeu	9	and year was buried his
cos enlo sementirj dela dita	10	body in the cemetery of the said
parroquia de Copons, foren	11	parish of Copons, was
alaʃua Sepultura tres Ca-	12	at his grave three chap-
-pellans aque de caritat	13	-lains of whom of charity
quiʃon dells desʃos lo rector	14	who are they of them of the
doble, posne vujt ʃous – dit tt8 q	15	double I received eight sous - said tt8 q
mes· p la extramaunsio tt2 q	16	More· for the extreme unction tt2 q
mes· perla appriʃia del	17	More· the haste of the
teʃtament – tt2 q6	18	will – tt2 q6
mes· p̠ lo terratge – tt7 q2	19	More· for the plot – tt7 q2
mes· perles entorxes – tt3 q6	20	More· for the torches – tt3 q6
mes· p lo tocar deles cãpa-	21	More· for the ringing of the
-nes – tt2 q	22	bells – tt2 q
mes· perla creu y aldereta tt2 q	23	More· for the cross and the cruet

Transcription	line	Translation
A cinch del mes de Agost	1	On the fifth of August
M.D.lxxij. fonch feta	2	of 1572 was done
la nouena maior y Capdany	3	the Novena Major and Cap d’any
del dit Nicholau Seraphi	4	of the said Nicolau Serafi.
foren hi preʃents quatorʃe	5	Were present fourteen
capellas a que quiʃon de	6	chaplains whom of
caritat quatra ʃous	7	charity four Sous
lo rector doble posne iij tt q	8	the rector double I received iij tt q
Mes pla Creu y Caldereta tt iiij q	9	More for the cross and the cruet tt iiij q
P lo teru diner --- tt viij q	10	For the [] money tt viij q
P lo tocar deles Campanes	11	For the rining of the bells
doble --- tt iiij q	12	twice--- tt iiij q

Arxiu Parroquial de Vic: Santa Maria de Copons A-C-D-E-G-H-K_1(1552-1595): Burial July 1572 p.28r. Image by Jacob A. Badal, taken in 2022.