Original scientific paper
RARA CROATICA IN THE LIBRARY OF HUMAC
Pavao Knezović
; Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Abstract
In this article the author gives results of his months-long meticulous researching
of the library contents in the monastery in Humac, which has
more than 120 very exceptional copies of some publications of the older
Croatian literature, cultural history and science in general. One of them
is a copy of Gracić’s literary work “Sacerdotis viatoris analysis theoreticopractica…”
from 1975 which is today the only known copy of that work, for
which can be said that it is situated in a specific place and that is available
to a reader. The real treasure is certainly a copy of Parisian publication
of Marulić’s “Evanđelistar” from 1545, whose copy can be found only
in the National and University Library in Zagreb, as far as these areas
are concerned. These and other books were procured more spontaneously
than deliberately, so it is hard to find out their origin and the way in
which they arrived here. It is most likely that they were arriving as gifts or
they were procured by Franciscans, who knew their real value.
Keywords
library; Humac; rare copy; procurement; father Duje Ostojić.
Hrčak ID:
231865
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2006.
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