Repertoriul tipografilor, editorilor, gravorilor, patronilor cărţilor româneşti (1508-1830). (Proiect CNCSIS 733/2006-2008)
The repertory of typographers, editors, engravers, and patrons of Romanian books (1508-1830). (CNCSIS Project 733/2006-2008)

Summary/Abstract: The research project submitted in 2006 focused on the carrying out of a repertory – a dictionary of the responsible persons on the Romanian or other territories who contributed to the publication (printing, translation and patronage of the typographical and editorial activity) of the Romanian books. The period of time that was under investigation is the one established by Timotei Cipariu at the Romanian Academy in the end of the 19th century, and set out afterwards by Ioan Bianu, Nerva Hodoş and Dan Simonescu in Bibliografia Românească Veche 1508-1830 (Ancient Romanian Bibliography 1508-1830). We decided to elaborate these persons’ bio-bibliographical insets with a view to emphasizing their names and contributions in this respect as far as possible. We did not pass over the most known persons as far as this activity is concerned, but our most ardent desire was to gather data about the typographers whose biographical data are scattered in different ancient books or gathered by different authors – historians of the book – throughout the years. We decided to begin our research starting with the typographical institution and its workers, and then to approach all those who patronized, edited or financed the typographical and editorial activity. The results frequently diffused and the title of the books could not be starting points of our endeavour. The present paper aims to offer a synthesis of all the items of information that were possible to be collected from monographic and periodical magazines (those that comprise the oldest data), edited documentary sources, and last, but not least, the books produced on the Romanian territory up to 1830, completed with needed references. We believe that the research carried out in the field by now had not dealt with the institution of printed book production and its ministers enough – this is a problem already solved in some European countries as long as there are monographs, treatises or dictionaries of this type since the 20th century – taking into account the fact that the history of the Romanian culture was – and still is – deeply concerned to make inquiries about the printed Romanian book. The final form of the project makes reference both to the publication of the repertory in a separate volume, as well as the setting up of an inter-active database available on-line and able to complete the items of information worked out by CIMEC (The Institute for Cultural Memory) up to the present. The database will take its stand on the typographical terms, engravers, patrons, editors and their names, the title of the books, the typographical centre, year of publication, the biographical references, and bibliography and notes, if necessary.

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