To History and Modern State of Library of Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra

Abstract

Scientific achievements in the study of history and functioning of the book collection of the Orthodox men’s monastery in Pochayiv are considered. With the help of provenances, the history of the library of the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra and the ways of its receipt in the collection of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine are traced. It is determined that the books purchased by the monastery library in the seventeenth century, contain the following provenances: Z Biblioteki Poczajowskiey, Ex Bibliotheka Monacterii Poczaevski, Monastyra Poczaiowskiego, Ex Bibliotheka Poczajoisiensieis Poiszajoisiensie. When the Pochaiv monastery was owned by the Basilians, additional provenances appeared on books: Ex Archivie Monastery Poczajoviensis OSBM, Biblioteki Poczaiowskiey XX Bazylianov, Bibliothekae Poczajovie Monachov Basilianov. When the monastery became the property of the Orthodox, a large number of Russian-language books appeared in the library with the following provenances: Belongs to the Pochayev Lavra Library. 1854, or a blue stamp Library of the Pochayev Lavra. A characteristic feature of Russian-language books was a sticker on the flyleaf, which shows where the book was located, both under the old and new codes. The historical and cultural fund Library of the Pochaiv Holy Dormition Lavra contains 460 units and is now stored at the Department of Library Historical Collections of the Institute for Book Studies in V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Its thematic and linguistic composition was analyzed. The vast majority of the units are Latin and Polish old religious prints. Chronological boundaries of publications are from the end of the sixteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century.

Keywords

• holy dormition pochayiv lavra, provenance, library, old prints.