1 Nuns, Signatures and Literacy in late-Carolingian CataloniaJonathan Jarrett Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2 “Emma de Barcelona, primera abadessa de Sant Joan, governà durant quaranta-quatre anys ( ), amb virtut i seny preclars aquest monestir que havia fundat el seu pare, el comte Guifré el Pelós, edifice temples, repoblà terres, construí Catalunya. Les seves despulles son soterrades en un indret desconegut d’aquesta església.” (Emma of Barcelona, first Abbess of Sant Joan, governed for forty-four years ( ), with pre-eminent virtue and prudence, this monastery that her father, Count Guifré the Hairy, founded; she built churches, repopulated the land, built Catalonia. Her remains are buried in an unknown part of this church.)
3 Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó, Cancilleria, Pergamins Seniofredo 39
4 Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó, Cancilleria, Pergamins Seniofredo 51
5 Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó, Cancilleria, Pergamins Seniofredo 39
6 Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó, Cancilleria, Pergamins Vifredo I, 8
7 Name Early appearances 949? Autograph? 964? Later appearances Notes Emma 156 total No - First abbess Richeldes oblation 900 YES Uncertain As discussed Elo oblation 926 ? Second abbess Chindiberga Hand cf. Guilladus? As discussed, perhaps the last nun (Ermessinda) Belluça Not deo vota; father castellan for the abbey, holds land from Count Bernat Tallaferro too Hand cf. Martinus Aldena Carissima Donates psalter 960; hand cf. Gentiles Adelaide YES (as countess) Third abbess; donates (as countess) 950 Ranló YES (as private person) Fourth abbess (Riquilda) Enquília Daughter of countess Fredeburga Fifth abbess Bero Sesnanda Llobeta Family hold lands very nearby, which they pledge to Bernat Tallaferro Garsenda Gualatrudes Guinedildes Femina appelata Oblated 966 Ingilberga Sixth abbess, oblated 987 Oblated 1005 Ledgarda Donates 1011
8 The current abbey church of Sant Joan de les Abadesses (c.1430)Signatures of the nuns of Sant Joan de Ripoll (898 & 949)
9 Nuns, Signatures and Literacy in late-Carolingian Catalonia Jonathan Jarrett