Codrul Cosminului (Jul 2010)
Un ouvrage important sur la collection de manuscrits slavons du Monastère Dragomirna
Abstract
In this paper the author makes known the presence of am important, yet less known work about the collection of Slavonic manuscripts in Dragomirna Monastery. It is about the work entitled Slavonic-Romanian Manuscripts in Moldavia. Dragomirna Monastery Fund and it was made before 1962 by the researchers Ioan Iufu and Victor Brătulescu. It has been kept, as a manuscript in a typed copy, for about five decades and it must be published for the benefit of the researchers of the old Romanian culture. The manuscripts are described on a thematic basis, starting with “Mineele”, books that contain the services for the saints celebrated by each day. The description of the manuscripts (pp. 13-322) is preceded by an Introduction (pp. 1-12). The work has some Final Notes (pp. 323-327); no Contents, no Index. After the description of the work’s manuscript, the author presents an abstract of the information included in the Introduction. This paper represents a first important step towards a general catalogue of the Slavonic manuscripts in Moldavia. A necessary edition will have to contain the updated bibliography, a general index and facsimiles, after at least one representative page for each manuscript.
