Library

Many of these books are significant in terms of the historical root of education provided by the monastery, as the library contains many world-famous editions. Some valuable copies are for example:

• Arabic-Italian Dictionary, 1582, printed in Jerusalem, with the most beautiful Arabic script containing Christian terminology; • Spanish Language Grammar from 1616; • Totius latinitatis lexicon - a dictionary of the Latin language in nine volumes (34 IX 25) by Egidio Farcellini, Prati, 1758 – 1760; with a total number of 5.372 pages; the forerunner of the French encyclopaedists; • the book about Gregonie Tholesano from 1588; • Evangelistarium, 1529 and De institutione, 1540, by Marulić; • Epistles and gospels of all times translated (or explained, interpreted) in the Croatian language, 1586. • Vocabulario nuovo – Zvanik novi (A New Dictionary), 1737 – the only known copy in the world; • Pungi Lingua, published in Venice in 1562; • A language discussion about equalizing the values of the Latin language and the vernacular; • The first editions of classics by Plato and Aristotle.

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