Ediții grecești în fondul de carte al Mănăstirii Bistrița olteană
Greek Editions in Book Holdings of the Monastery Bistrița olteană

Summary/Abstract: In the book holdings of our monastery, Bistrița olteană, in addition to books written in Romanian with Cyrillic characters, there is also a small number of books printed in Venice in Greek with Greek characters dating back to the beginning of the 17th century. We are talking about certain linked manuscripts. Upon closer analysis, we can notice that these have different years of publication, in the same volume, from which we conclude that the binding of the books was due to their owners, not the printing house, so we are not dealing with editorial colligations. They are bound in leather and have linen covers. Among these we can exemplify: The December Menaion, printed in 1602, is bound together with the November one printed in 1644 in the printing house of Theodorias having as printers John Peter and the hieromonk Theophylact (inv. 6229); The April Menaion, printed in 1635, is bound with the March one printed in 1642 by John Peter Topinello, the diorthosis belonging to Theophylact, under the coat of arms of Antonio Pinello (inv. 6225). From the same year, 1642, and the same printing house, the May Menaion is also kept bound with the June one 1645 (inv. 6230). Likewise, the July Menaion of 1642 is linked to that of August of 1642 (inv. 6231). At the same time, we note that the year 1642 represented a special rise in the production of Greek prints in Venice. These books came from the church of Saint John Chrysostom in the parish of Ocnița, the city of Ocnele Mari in the Vâlcea area.

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