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IV. Könyvtár- és művelődéstörténeti tanulmányok - Summaires

the relations of Siebenhirter and of this Order to Hungary, which are mainly connected with the towns of Wiener-Neustadt and Kismarton (Eisenstadt, Austria). The other broadside resulted from Peraudi's activity in organizing the indulgence on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 1500 of Germany. The type used shows that this broadside was made by the press of Hieronymus Hö/f^el in Nuremberg. The date rilled in was 26 October 1500, which meant that actually this broadside could qualify, as an incunabulum. But the historical background which is more exactly defined in the study proves that the correct date of filling in the form was 26 October 1501 and that it could have been printed, at the most, a few weeks before this date. Suggestions for the popularisation of books in eighteenth century G. KÓKAY Public education was one of the most discussed problems of the age of enlightenment in Hungary. The periodical Mindenes gyűjteménye (issued with a view to popularizing science) published several propositions in 1798 and in 1799, remarkable because they had been dealing with the problems of the cultural education of the people, especially that of the poor peasant. The most important personality among the authors of the articles was Ferenc Kovács, a country engineer with literary interests, burning with passion for Voltaire and for the enlightenment in France. His suggestions were aimed at the development of the Hungarian national language and literature; he held that the basic condition to achieve these ends was the improvement of the cultural education of the people. In order to achieve his aims he fought for the improvement of the elementary school-system, for the publication of good books of public interest at cheap prices, and for the development of reading-interest among the people. F. Kovács recommended many practical solutions. One of his articles dealing with the historical and social reasons of the cultural backwardness in Hungary, and urging the liberation of the bondsmen, was censured, when published. However, the text is known in its whole as the blotted part was later on inserted by somebody into one of the copies of the Mindenes gyűjtemény belonging to the collection of the National Széchényi Library. The propositions of F. Kovács stirred up vivid interest; several contemporaries discussed, approved and completed them. Unfortunately, the reforms could not be realized during the reactionary period following the suppression of the Jacobin movement in Hungary. * (roughly translated: MISCELLANIES) TVtf inscriptions in the former Klima library F. HERNÁDY The two inscriptions on marble tablets formerly in the Klimó library (György Klimó was bishop of Pécs in the 18th century) are now placed at the entrance of the present University Library in Pécs. One of them commemorates the event when the library was declared 407