In addition to that, in the series of administrative registers of the parish, there are several fragments of mediaeval manuscripts, among them one copied in Carolingian minuscule, the rest of the ‘fragments collection’ containing the usual liturgical manuscripts from the 14th to 15th century. One highlight of this historical collection is the large number of original 16th-century bindings, many of them dated. While research into the discovery has only just started, Dincă explains that they have already made some exciting finds: Church tower where the collection was kept – Photo by Adinel C. The research team will now be working to match up the discovered books with those listed in the catalogue. Professor Dincă notes that a catalogue published in 1864 lists around 7,700 books held by the library, including dozens of early printed works by Protestant Reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and Philip Melanchthon. These items may have been part of a much larger library collection within the church. The books were part of the church patrimony and were mostly kept (from a certain moment on) for their intrinsic value. Furthermore, older shelfmarks were following (with few exceptions) a clear order. This order doesn’t look like an improvisation and suggests that the collection was placed there at an earlier stage of development. When I first encountered the books, I immediately noticed the disposition of the volumes according to a certain historical typology: bibles and biblical texts, patristic, theology etc.
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