Botár István et al. (szerk.): A Csíki Székely Múzeum Évkönyve 9. (Csíkszereda, 2013)
Történelem - Muckenhaupt Erzsébet: Újabb ősnyomtatvány azonosítása a Csíki Székely Múzeum somlyói ferences állományában
MUCKENHA UPT ERZSÉBET THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW INCUNABULUM IN THE FRANCISCAN FUND OF THE SZEKLER MUSEUM OF CIUC (CSÍK) Abstract The incunabula collection of the Franciscan fund belonging to the Szekler Museum of Ciuc (Miercurea Ciuc/Csikszereda) is the fifth biggest one in Romania. It contains 120 volumes and fragments edited before the 1st of January, 1501. The incunabula derive from one of the most significant Transylvanian Medieval eclesiastical library, namely the library of the Franciscan monastery from Şumuleu-Ciuc (Csíksomlyó). The present study shortly outlines the history of the the major research stages and the results obtained regarding the valuable old book fund. The incunabula hidden in the dining-hall of the Franciscan monastery between 1944-1948 were discovered in 1985. The restorers of the National Library Laboratory (Bucharest) appointed 33 books as irreclaimable due to humidity and biochemical degradation. The author of the present study, after the scientific research of the recuperable pieces, identified and published the catalogue of 85 incunabula by 2002. The research, conservation and partial restauration of the book fund made possible the identification of 26 more fragments from the 15th century. Two more examples dating from the 16th century were found in the Franciscan print collection in 2004 and 2010. One was found in the Gothic style ornated epoch ligature of one recuperable incunabulum (Gratianus: Decretum. Nürnberg, 1483.), while the other derives from a 17th century Late Renaissance style liturgical book (Nova quaedam officia. The monastry press from Csíksomlyó, 1685). The fragments of two more books originating from 1481 (Nicolaus de Lyra: Postilla super totam Bibliám) and 1495 published in Nürnberg, in the workshop of the renowned printer and editor Anton Koberger were discovered as well.The present study presents in details the finding and identifcation of the ones from 2010. These are the fragments of the booklets L and M pertaining to the study Vita Jesu Christi written by the well-known Cartesian monk Ludolphus de Saxonia. The Renaissance style ligature, from which valuable files had been withdrawn, was created in the printing-house workshop of the Franciscan monastery from Şumuleu-Ciuc (Csíksomlyó) in 1685. 186
