past, paper was manufactured using traditional methods. 48) Valencian Culture Blogspot. 10/01/2008.
... THE FIRST PAPER MILL WAS IN EUROPE Játiva?
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The first European paper mill dating from 1056. Was on the outskirts of the prosperous and cultured city of Xativa, rich in water and linen, and his owner was Abu Masaifa . By the old canal, built a paper mill over 20 workers. It was the first produced in Europe.
By the year 1150 the paper industry produced a paper Játiva so striking it exported around the world. In 1154, the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi Játiva said on: "It makes it a role that is not unique in the world and is known in the East and West."
Interestingly, the export of paper from abroad Játiva influenced the name that has taken this material into other languages, leaving it without too many variations. The English were very good customers and may therefore be written in English as in Valencia, paper.
With Jàtiva already incorporated in the Kingdom of Valencia, King James I the Conqueror favored paper production. The paper fed setabense Crown files and he wrote such works as the Book of Repartimiento (1237-1252), or the file Játiva Collegiate .
regnícolas chroniclers also left valuable testimony. In 1325, for example, the writer Ramón Muntaner exaggerate the wickedness of the Genoese citizens to state that "all paper made in Játiva not suffice to write all the evils of Genoa."
Expansion Paper from Játiva marked the announcement of the Modern Age, and its history makes the capital of the Coast a reference for his great contribution to civilization occidentall. Even today, the paper remains the primary means of recording and transmission of information.
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