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- Title
Les livres grecs anciens de la Métropole de Moldavie et de Bucovine conservés dans la bibliothèque « Dumitru Stăniloae » de Iaşi.
- Authors
Cotovanu, Lidia
- Abstract
The Library of the Orthodox Metropolitan See of Moldavia and Bucovina in IaÅŸi preserves over a thousand copies of old Greek books. There are only ten manuscripts in this collection, one of which was commissioned by Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia. The collection consists mainly of Greek prints of various origins, some of which can be traced back to the library of the Princely Academy of IaÈ™i, succeeded by the Mihăileană Academy. Other volumes originate in the library of the Theological Seminary of Socola, founded by Veniamin Costachi Metropolitan of Moldavia, who donated his personal library to the IaÈ™i foundation. Several references come from the private collections of high hierarchs, while some books were collected from various Moldavian monasteries, especially from those who used to be metochia of the Greek Patriarchates and the great monasteries under their jurisdiction. This article evaluates the importance of the prints according to their dating, place of publication, owners, and contents (generally didactic books, but also polemical books of a religious nature). It also seeks to reconstruct the historical context of their circulation in Moldavia and the circumstances in which they came into the possession of the Metropolitan See of Moldavia and Bucovina. The analysis provided takes into account prosopographical investigations, the history of the Moldavian educational institutions, and the examination of the notes (mostly in Greek) on the prints. The Library of the Orthodox Metropolitan See of Moldavia and Bucovina in Iaşi preserves over a thousand copies of old Greek books. There are only ten manuscripts in this collection, one of which was commissioned by Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia. The collection consists mainly of Greek prints of various origins, some of which can be traced back to the library of the Princely Academy of Iași, succeeded by the Mihăileană Academy. Other volumes originate in the library of the Theological Seminary of Socola, founded by Veniamin Costachi Metropolitan of Moldavia, who donated his personal library to the Iași foundation. Several references come from the private collections of high hierarchs, while some books were collected from various Moldavian monasteries, especially from those who used to be metochia of the Greek Patriarchates and the great monasteries under their jurisdiction. This article evaluates the importance of the prints according to their dating, place of publication, owners, and contents (generally didactic books, but also polemical books of a religious nature). It also seeks to reconstruct the historical context of their circulation in Moldavia and the circumstances in which they came into the possession of the Metropolitan See of Moldavia and Bucovina. The analysis provided takes into account prosopographical investigations, the history of the Moldavian educational institutions, and the examination of the notes (mostly in Greek) on the prints.
- Subjects
MOLDOVA; BUKOVINA (Romania &; Ukraine); WALLACHIA; MANUSCRIPT collections; PERSONAL libraries; BOOK collecting; COPYING; THEOLOGICAL seminaries; MONASTERIES
- Publication
Museikon: Journal of Religious Art & Culture / Revue d'Art et de Culture Religieuse, 2022, Issue 6, p227
- ISSN
2601-2200
- Publication type
Article