Colecţia de carte românească veche a Institutului de Cercetări Eco-Muzeale Tulcea. Catalog (I)
The Old Romanian Book Collection from Tulcea Eco-Museological Research Institute. Catalog (I)

Summary/Abstract: The study of the old Romanian book collections (1508-1830) currently available on Romanian territory through analytical catalogs has raised library science and bibliographic research from description stage to analysis and interpretation stage. In this study we intend to create the catalog of the old Romanian book collection found at Tulcea Eco-Museum Research Institute. The collection contains 61 volumes printed in 1643-1830: 10 books date to the 17th century, 22 were printed in the 18th century and 29 of them were printed in 1801-1830. The oldest book preserved in northern Dobrudja is the Romanian Educational Book (Iaşi, 1643) also known as Varlaam's Cazania. Eleven volumes are Bibles; three of them are complete editions from 1688, 1795 and 1819, while the others contain only the text of the New Testament and of the Gospels. The first part of our catalog contains 16 volumes of old Romanian books printed in 1643-1750; the second part, to be published in the next issue of the publication, will contain the printings from 1751-1830. By closely studying these copies and comparing the edition elements from the consecrated catalogs, we have made our own contribution to the Old Romanian Bibliography (1508-1830), for 11 of the titles described herein. It concerns several rectifications regarding incorrect pagination, content and illustrations, and are all mentioned in the catalog’s general notes in the table at the end of the study. Some volumes contain ex-libris and handwritten notes that render an image of their intense circulation in all Romanian regions. The notes give political, historical, social, etc. information. The linguistic value of some old Slavonian words and phrases from these notes is also worth mentioning, as they prove viable during the decline of Romanian Slavism – 17th - 18th century. Rezumat: Valorificarea colecţiilor de carte românească veche (1508-1830) existente în prezent pe teritoriul României, prin alcătuirea cataloagelor analitice, a ridicat cercetările bibliologice şi bibliografice de la faza descriptivă la cea analitică şi interpretativă. Acest lucru ni l-am propus şi noi prin studiul de faţă, care se doreşte a fi catalogul colecţiei de carte românească veche din patrimoniul Institutului de Cercetări Eco-Muzeale Tulcea. Colecţia cuprinde 61 de exemplare imprimate între anii 1643-1830: 10 datează din secolul al XVII-lea, 21 de volume sunt tipărite în secolul al XVIII-lea, iar 30 aparţin perioadei 1801-1830. Cea mai veche care se păstrează în spaţiul nord-dobrogean este Carte românească de învăţătură (Iaşi, 1643) sau Cazania lui Varlaam cum este recunoscută. Unsprezece volume sunt Biblii, dintre care trei reprezintă ediţiile integrale din 1688, 1795 şi 1819, restul cuprinzând doar textul Noului Testament sau al Evangheliilor. Prima parte a catalogului nostru cuprinde 16 exemplare de carte românească veche imprimate în intervalul 1643-1750, iar partea a II-a din numărul următor al revistei va cuprinde tipăriturile datate 17

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