Fejezetek a 150 éves Akadémiai Könyvtár történetéből (A MTAK közleményei 2. Budapest, 1976)

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Endre Ferenczy: STUDIES ON ANT1QUITY IN THE LIBRARY OF THE HUNGÁRIÁN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The collection of classical studies of the Library of the Hungárián Academy of Sciences developed from very modest beginnings: it consisted of works wliich were numbered among the earliest acquisitions of the Library and were received as bequests from aristocrats. Later deposit copies and international exchange and the reasonable acquisition policy followed before World War I helped enlarge the collection. Between the two World Wars the collection ceased to expand and from this point of view it was only in the decade following the liberation of the country that changes took place. Since the Library of the Hungárián Academy of Sciences became responsible for classical studies besides all its other activities within the framework of the reorganized nation-wide library system, the Library's collection of classical studies has developed rapidly and still continues to do so. The Library of the Hungárián Academy of Sciences can now therefore be regarded as the most modern and compr< hensive research library of classical studies. András Róna — Tas: THE ORIENTÁL COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE HUNGÁRIÁN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Academic circles in Hungary have long been interested in orientál publications. This interest was primarily stimulated by the hope of finding clues to the origin of the Hungárián nation. The first Hungárián author who alludes to this explicitly is the 13th century monk, Julianus. The first Hungárián scholar to give a scientific description of orientál publications was János Uri, librarian of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. He published his catalogue in 1787. In spite of the great traditions of orientál bibliography in Hungary it was only after 1945 that the conditions were ripe for the establishment of an independent collection within the domain of the Library of the Academy. This article outlines the development of the independent collection and its present condition and alsó discusses somé of the Collection's future projects. 56