P.Žiga Škerpin’s book collection in Ljubljana Franciscan monastery
ABSTRACT The article presents the findings about the Franciscan monastery library collection which was acquired during the first half of the 18 th century by p. Žiga Škerpin (1689-1755) and gives an overview of the circumstances of this collection’s origins. The introduction presents some previous...
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| Language: | English |
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Slovenian Library Association & University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Knjižnica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14244 |
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The article presents the findings about the Franciscan monastery library collection which was acquired during the first half of the 18 th century by p. Žiga Škerpin (1689-1755) and gives an overview of the circumstances of this collection’s origins. The introduction presents some previous publications and starting points regarding the Ljubljana Franciscan monastery library and the collection as well as the basic hypothesis. It is followed by an overview of the monastery library history from its beginnings to 18 thcentury, including p. Škerpin’s biography and a short state-of-the-art overview. An overview of the methodological approaches to collection research is presented next, followed by the analysis, namely the general qualitative and quantitative findings about the collection and the main book binding and edges decoration characteristics.
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| ISSN: | 0023-2424 1581-7903 |