Informaţii prezente în prefeţele şi epilogurile tipăriturilor româneşti din secolele al XVI-lea şi al XVII-lea. Tipologizare (I)
Items of information discovered in the prefaces and epilogues of the Romanian printed works of the 16th and 17th centuries. Typology

Summary/Abstract: The prefaces and epilogues of the Romanian printed works of the 16th and 17th centuries comprise items of information and remarks of an undeniable value. The authors of these texts that are advanced in order to begin or complete the Romanian printed books of the 16th and 17th centuries originate in different social environments. Nevertheless, even if we talk about the state or ecclesiastical authority, the representatives of nobility, monastery abbots, priests, translators or typographers, the aim of all the abovementioned persons is obviously an educative and a moralizing one. The present study offers us the possibility to understand that the prefaces and epilogues were used to put into circulation ideas from various fields of activity, explain the significance of knowledge and respecting the holy learning, mention the book patrons’ names and titles, and, sometimes, their genealogy, and offer items of information about the printing activity, with a focus on the existence of the printed book. The laic information is harmoniously mixed with the religious knowledge. Consequently, the readers throughout the entire territory of the Romanian Countries – and, sometimes, other regions, too – had access to data and items of information that played a significant role in the process of book perception and reception and its improvement, and brought a valuable contribution to the scholars’ effort to open or “enlighten” the readers’ cultural horizon through the instrumentality of these adjacent texts of the Romanian printed works of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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