Review article
Collections of foreign rare books from the 16th century in the libraries of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Ss Cyril and Methodius: Franciscan monastery of St Catharine in Krapina.
Juraj LOKMER
orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-7938
; Hrvatska franjevačka provincija sv. Ćirila i Metoda
Fila BEKAVAC LOKMER
; Hrvatska franjevačka provincija sv. Ćirila i Metoda
Abstract
Croatian Franciscan Province of Ss Cyril and Methodius since 2011 systematically itemizes holdings of its libraries in accordance to the international standards (ISBDM). The focus of this catalogue is on the most precious holdings and modern standardization through usage of informatics and communication technologies. With such an approach,
the processed material is available in digital catalogue publicly open on the web-address http://193.198.235.162. Collection of foreign rare books from the sixteenth century in the library of the Franciscan monastery in Krapina does not hold many books in total, only 85
items/volumes with 98 titles. However, its content is quite interesting and kind of unique. This article reveals catalog of the Collection itself, including the comments and necessary explanations regarding the most interesting titles and their authors. The library keeps three editions of Bible (from 1515, 1527 and 1569), manuscripts with biblical comments (T. Graminaeus, B. Pererius), spiritual literature that is thematically related to the biblical texts of the New Testament (J. Perion, L. Granatensis, V. Bruno, G. Pico dela Mirandola, J. C. Gerson), as well as texts meant for faithful flock, which were written in German (Hans von Leonrodt, Otto von Passau). Moreover, one can find there interesting philosophical and theological holdings (F. Titelmans, P. da Fonesca, J. Duns Scot, T. Glius, P. Canisius, G. Witzel, Innocentius III pope, Denfensor de Liguge, J. de Combes, B. Claravallensis, T. Hibernicus), which are enriched with quite an extensive collection of the Counter-Protestant printings (P. de Soto, J. Maier von Eck, T. Stapelton, R. Bellarmino, G. B. Confalonieri, J. de Damhouder, Council of Trento). Among these studies one can find also works of Swiss Reform theologian, S. Castellion, who was opponent of J. Calvin and his religious intolerance. Besides these works, there are several pastoral manuals and collections of sermons (Pelbartus de Themeswar, A. Broicky a Koenigstein, Haimo von Halberstadt, C. Musso, Johannes de Segovia, T. Stapelton, F. Diez, Luis de Granada, F.
Incarnato, H. Savonarola, J. de Voragine). On the other hand, there are no many books with historical thematic (Herodotus), and the same can be sad regarding the medical literature (Realdi Columbi Chremonensis … De re anatomica libri 15, Paris 1572). Regarding
philology and lexicography, this Collection contains three copies of dictionary by A. Calepino (1510-1513, 1558, and 1590). Moreover, the library keeps several items in the field of the Latin literature: antique (Publius Ovid Naso), and far more publications of various
neo-Latin poets from Silesia, Saxony (Lusatia), and Bohemia (N. Reusner, J. Wanckel, J. Cyaneus, H. C. von Teufel, B. Praetorius, j. Vyver, H. Arconatus, S. Frenzel, J. Carolides, N. Bets, K. Rittershausen, S. Radeschinsky, A. T. Lagenhardt, G. Volckart, B. Martinovsky, H. Buchner, L. Pollio, J. Heidenreich, H. Treutler, I. Maior, L. Schwartzmaier, T. Ficher etc.). Furthermore, there are also some verses of English Irishman W. Quin. All these publications are preserved in this Collection, although their authors were members of various Protestant denominations. Some of the items from the Collection already have a bibliographical description with
digital image and direct link to the digitized copy kept in some of the European libraries. In this way users can easily browse these holdings in the library. This Collection of foreign rare books from the sixteenth century in the Library of the Franciscan monastery in Krapina clearly witness about long lasting spiritual and cultural tradition of the Croatian Franciscans from the small town of Krapina.
Keywords
Foreign rare books; 16th century; Franciscan libraries; Croatian Franciscan Province of Ss Cyril and Methodius; Krapina
Hrčak ID:
199602
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2017.
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