CĂRŢI VECHI ROMÂNEȘTI ÎN PATRIMONIUL MĂNĂSTIRESC DIN BASARABIA. STUDIU DE CAZ: MĂNĂSTIREA CURCHI
OLD ROMANIAN BOOKS IN THE MONASTIC HERITAGE OF BESSARABIA. CASE STUDY: CURCHI MONASTERY

Author(s): Igor Cereteu
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: Curchi Monastery; library; old Romanian book; old documents; Bessarabia;
Summary/Abstract: Curchi Monastery, founded in 1773 by Iordache Curchi, had one of the richest libraries, consisting of old documents, manuscripts and printed books. The first evidence of the existence of a library at Curchi Monastery dates back to the 18th century, when the monastery was run by Manasie, the brother of its first founder. Other information about the monastery library dates back to 1814 when Theodosie Sabau, another founder of the monastery, died. The monks gathered in Curchi an appreciable number of books, used in the officiating of the divine services and at the school established at the beginning of the 19th century next to the monastery. In the interwar period, the library had about 4,000 books and documents, which disappeared during the Soviet rule. Only a small number of books have been identified in libraries in Chisinau.

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