Capuchin Monastery Library, Krško

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Knjižnica kapucinskega samostana Krško

Cesta krških žrtev 26, SI-8270 Krško

http://www.knjiznica-krsko.si/index.php/domoznanstvo/kapucinska-knjiznica/predstavitev.html

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Phone386 (0) 7 490 4000, 386 (0) 7 492 1780

Managed byValvasor Library, Krško

The Capucin Convent Library, Krško is one of the few old libraries, that remained in situ until today. Before the war there were more than 4000 units kept in the library collections, out of which some 1500 units are preserved. The library was formed soon after the establishment of the Capucin convent in 1640.

Background

In 1640 a convent was built for Capucin monks in Krško, a region with a strong Protestant tradition, in order to strengthen Catholicism. Subsequently the monks acquired a great deal of literature to support their preaching activities, including dogmatic and philosophical works, Latin and German Bibles with commentaries, breviaries, preaching books and commentaries. During the Second World War Germans destroyed much of the library's holdings; surviving books came into the custody of local people, who returned the books to the convent after the war. In 1986 the 300 year-old Baroque library of the Capucin Convent was opened to the public. It presents a good example of historical bibliographical method preservation; most books are in Latin, German, and Italian, but a few are in Slovene.

Collections

Capucin Convent Library contains around 1,500 units dating from the 17th century, bound using a method typical of the Capucin or Franciscan order with the owner’s sign (signature) and still arranged in the alphabetical, field and format order prescribed by the catalogue of 1695 (Folios 4, 8, 12). The most precious items are Janez Svetokriški’s Sacrum Promptuarium, Father Rogerius’ Palmarium Empyreum and Schönleben’s Carniola Antiqua et Nova. The library also preserves some early Ljubljana prints from the 18th century. As the Capucin monks engaged in education and medicine, the library also contains several old books on medicine and pharmacy. Some of the library’s incunabula are stored at the National and University Library (NUK) in Ljubljana, including Dalmatin’s Bible and Valvasor’s The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.

See also

• Valvasor Library, Krško
• Capucin Monastery Archives and Library, Škofja Loka
• Seminary Library, Ljubljana

External links

• Capucin Convent Library, Krško web page on the Valvasor Library website
• Capucin Convent Library collection (in Slovenian)
• Information on the Krško Capucin Monastery on the Slovene Order of Friars Minor Capuchin website (in Slovenian)
• Capuchin order on Wikipedia
• Capuchin order in Slovenia on Wikipedia (in Slovenian)