Cimelia Metropolitana: the history and treasures of the Zagreb Archdiocese Library

The Library of the Archdiocese and the Cathedral Chapter of Zagreb, the Metropolitana or Metropolitan Library, is the largest, the most important and the richest historical library in Croatia. The history of the Metropolitan Library begins in the period of the foundation of the Diocese of Zagreb (10...

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Hauptverfasser: Magić, Vladimir (VerfasserIn), Pelc, Milan 1958- (VerfasserIn), Abaffy, Mirna (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Zagreb Institut za povijest umjetnosti 2016
Zagreb Prvostolni kaptol zagrebački 2016
Schriftenreihe:Studies and monographs of the Institute of Art History volume 47
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Zusammenfassung:The Library of the Archdiocese and the Cathedral Chapter of Zagreb, the Metropolitana or Metropolitan Library, is the largest, the most important and the richest historical library in Croatia. The history of the Metropolitan Library begins in the period of the foundation of the Diocese of Zagreb (1093/1094) and continues to the most recent times. Its holdings consist of around 60,000 volumes which make the Metropolitan Library the most diverse and the most valuable historical library in Croatia and in this part of Europe. Many of the 197 medieval manuscripts preserved in the Metropolitan Library are mentioned in the oldest inventory of Zagreb cathedral compiled in the late 14th century. Manuscripts represent the Library's most valuable collection, followed by the collection of incunabula, the earliest printed books, which enumerates 257 items and is thus the largest in Croatia. The Metropolitan Library holdings include the library of Slovenian polyhistor Johann Weichard Valvasor comprising some 1530 volumes with 2630 titles. Special part of the Library is the famous Valvasor’s Collection of Prints and Drawings of the Zagreb Archdiocese with around 7300 prints and drawings, mostly from the 17th century. The Library also preserves a number of volumes from the former library of the Jesuit College, partly incorporated in the original holdings of today’s National and University Library in Zagreb. Finally, a valuable addition to the Metropolitan Library holdings in the second half of the 20th century was the library of Đuro Kokša (1922–1998), the auxiliary bishop of Zagreb, lover and collector of the arts. The volumes of the Metropolitan Library, their illuminations, illustrations and other artistic and decorative elements reflect a thousand years of Croatian cultural history.
Beschreibung:273 Seiten Illustrationen 30 cm
ISBN:9789537875367

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