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Built
in [[established::1701]] and richly decorated in Baroque style, the [[Seminary Library, Ljubljana|Seminary Library]] was the first public library in Ljubljana. It contains a valuable old ecclesiastic and secular book collection, including numerous precious manuscripts and prints. Its wooden fixtures and fittings were carved in the local workshop of
[[Josip Wer]]
and its frescoes were created by the Italian Baroque painter Giulio Quaglio
between
1721
and 1723
. The Baroque library nevertheless remains open to the public with prior notification.
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Established
in [[established::1701]] and richly decorated in Baroque style, the [[Seminary Library, Ljubljana|Seminary Library]] was the first public
scientific
library in Ljubljana. It contains a valuable old ecclesiastic and secular book collection, including numerous precious manuscripts and prints. Its wooden fixtures and fittings were carved in the local workshop of
Joseph Wergant
and its frescoes were created by the Italian Baroque painter Giulio Quaglio
in
1721. The Baroque library nevertheless remains open to the public with prior notification.
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== History==
== History==
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The idea to establish a scientific library accessible to the wider public was born in Academia
operosorum
Labacensis, which was led by the provost [[Janez Krstnik Prešern]]. The members of the academy strove to modernise the city by setting up new institutions, one of them being a new library. The founding charter of the new library was signed by the provost, by the
cathedral
dean [[Janez Anton Dolničar]], and by the Ljubljana bishop [[Sigmund Herberstein]], who agreed the new library be
opened
during the day
,
the books would not be lent
, and the contents would comprise also personal collections of the deceased academy members
.
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The idea to establish a scientific library accessible to the wider public was born in Academia
Operosorum
Labacensis, which was led by the provost
of the Cathedral
[[Janez Krstnik Prešern]]. The members of the academy strove to modernise the city by setting up new institutions, one of them being a new library. The founding charter of the new library was signed
by the Ljubljana bishop Sigmund Herberstein,
by the provost
Prešern
,
and
by the dean
of the Cathedral
[[Janez Anton Dolničar]], and by the Ljubljana bishop [[Sigmund Herberstein]], who agreed
to give posthumously all their books to the newly established public library;
the new library
would
be
open
during the day
and
the books would not be lent.
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The library grew
when
the library founders passed away, their books were kept
and when
construction on a new seminary – Charles Institute – began in 1708,
there were also
designs for
the
library hall. In 1721 its ceiling was painted by the Italian painter Giulio Quaglio who previously worked at the cathedral, and the carpenter and carver [[Joseph Wergant]] provided beautiful oak cabinets and bookshelves in 1725. When
a Regional Academic
Library was founded by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1774 in
Ljubljana
, the
seminary library
remained available to the priests and seminarians. When the [[University of Ljubljana]] was founded in 1919, a new library of the [[Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana|Faculty of Theology]] was established.
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The library grew
after
the library founders passed away, their books were kept
at a temporary location. When
construction on a new seminary –
the
Charles Institute – began in 1708,
it included
designs for
a new
library hall. In 1721 its ceiling was painted by the Italian painter Giulio Quaglio who previously worked at the cathedral, and the carpenter and carver [[Joseph Wergant]] provided beautiful oak cabinets and bookshelves in 1725. When
the Lyceum
Library was founded
in Ljubljana
by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1774
and opened for the public
in
1794
, the
Seminary Library
remained available to the priests and seminarians. When the [[University of Ljubljana]] was founded in 1919, a new library of the [[Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana|Faculty of Theology]] was established.
==Collection==
==Collection==
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The "old" library's collection comprises 7,000 units, among them
22
incunabula, 377 Latin, German, and Slovenian manuscripts and a special collection of opera librettos. The famous little Latin Bible from the 13th century
is
called ''Hren's Bible''.
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The "old" library's collection comprises 7,000 units, among them
about 30
incunabula, 377 Latin, German, and Slovenian manuscripts and a special collection of opera librettos. The famous
manuscript is the
little Latin Bible from the 13th century
or from the beginning of the 14th century, also
called ''Hren's Bible''.
==See also==
==See also==