Franciscan Archives and Library, Novo mesto

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Frančiškanski arhivi in samostanska knjižnica, Novo mesto

Sv Lenart, Frančiškanski trg 1, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia,

http://home.izum.si/izum/delavnice/cerkvene_knjiznice, http://zupnije.rkc.si/nm-sv-lenart/samostan.php

Phone386 (0) 7 332 1629

Simon Peter Berlec

Phone386 (0) 7 338 1474

The Franciscan Monastery was established at the end of 15th century"thcentury" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15., the monastery library is the oldest library in the city and keeps numerous old books, manuscripts and archival records.

Background

In 1469 a group of Franciscans fleeing the Turks in Bosnia arrived in Novo Mesto via Metlika, Bela Krajina, and in 1472 they built a monastery here. There was a fire in a monastery in 1664.

At the end of 15th Franciscans in Novo Mesto started collecting books in their library.

The first known Franciscan librarian in Novo Mesto is mentioned between 1735 and 1736 Anton Kalan (Kallan, Khallan), former Ljubljana and after 1739 Novo Mesto guardian. From 1746 to 1870 the monks ran a grammar school (which proved to be important educational platform for some eminent Slovenes) and from 1878 to 1919 an elementary school.

Collections

The Franciscan Archives and Library, Novo mesto today comprises 20000 units, of which 7000 units predate 1800 and are stored in the new part of the library and alleged 6000 units of older material in the old part of the library. Besides books, including numerous precious incunabula, there are also manuscripts and archival records. The monastery also owns a number of oil paintings by Slovene baroque painter Valentin Metzinger, painted in 1726.

See also

• Franciscan Archives and Library, Ljubljana

External links

• Franciscan Monastery Novo mesto]