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Însemnări ale cantorilor de strană pe filele cărților din colecția Museikon
Cantor’s Notes on Leaves of Books Belonging to Museikon Holdings

Author(s): Bogdan Laurențiu Avram
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Muzeul National al Unirii Alba Iulia
Keywords: cantors; old Romanian book; handwritten notes; XVIIIth-XIXth centuries; Alba;

Summary/Abstract: Handwritten notes preserved on leaves of books are authentic historical sources. In them, we find information on purchase and circulation of books, events from the life of the community or persons that owned them. This research attempts to valorise documentary information resulted from such texts and which refers to the cantors of churches from Alba Iulia area. Next to an undecorated signature or a reference of the name, many times cantors gave information on localities where they activated or the period they occupied this position within the church. All these help historians to shape an as clear idea on some aspects of local and cultural history.

  • Issue Year: 57/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 219-229
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian