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Book of notes by Pere Vallès about the butchery of Sant Cugat.

Date
1495 - 1498
Archive
Municipal Archive of Sant Cugat del Vallès
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-AMSCV-M100-296
Link to the archive
Description

Since 1444, the university of Sant Cugat del Vallès enjoyed the right, granted by the king, and on his behalf, the General of Catalonia, to build a butcher shop to supply the place. Over the years, the operation of this butcher shop was leased to various individuals. Between 1495 and 1498, Pere Vallès became one of these individuals, distinguishing himself by bequeathing us a notebook that provides various details on how this butchery worked. This establishment would be both a center for slaughtering the herds and selling their meat, leather and hides.
Sarobe, Ramon “The notebook of Pere Vallès on the butchery of Sant Cugat”. GAUSAC. Publication of the Local Studies Group of Sant Cugat del Vallès, no. 52-53, pp. 213-30, https://raco.cat/index.php/GAUSAC/article/view/392297.