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Biblioteka Jagiellonska

Owner Id00023040
TypeCorporate body
Biographical dates - Period of existence1364-
Other InformationBiblioteka Jagiellonska (the Jagiellonian Library), the oldest scientific library in Poland, was primarily located in the Collegium Maius, the oldest university building in Poland. The Collegium Maius building was bought in 1400 by the king Ladislaus Jagello from a Krakow's town councillor Piotr Gerhardsdorf (Gersdorf), and given to the University. The first floor of the building housed libraria (the library). The building was redecorated in 1840-1870 when it was designed to serve exclusively as the University Library. Collegium Maius was the library seat till 1940 when the library moved to a new location on Aleja Mickiewicza 22, Krakow, and the Collegium Maius was transformed in the Jagiellonian University Museum. The "Collegium Maius" provenances are to be considered exclusively as university library provenances.
Variant NamesCollegium Maius
Bibliotheca Collegii Maioris
Bibliotheca Collegij Majoris
Bibliotheca Jagellonica
Krakow Academy Library
Biblioteka Akademii Krakowskiej
Bibliotheca Universitatis Cracoviensis
Bibliotheca Universitatis Iagellonicae
Jagiellonian University Library
Biblioteka Jagiellońska
Bibliotheca Iagellonica
Libraria Maioris Collegii
Other Identifierhttps://thesaurus.cerl.org/cgi-bin/record.pl?rid=cnc00020236
https://thesaurus.cerl.org/cgi-bin/record.pl?rid=cnc00009341

Activity

Start (year)1364
NoteApproximate starting date.
The university was founded in 1364 and the first known location of its library was the Collegium Maius, the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University purchased in 1400. This building was a house for the library till 1940, when the library moved to new premises, where it remains up to today.
MARC Area CodePoland
Note on the geographic region
PlaceKraków (Geonames Id: 3094802)
Profession / Type of InstitutionLibrary
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Last Edit2022-06-09 12:05:56

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Biblioteka Jagiellonska

Owner Id00023040
TypeCorporate body
Biographical dates - Period of existence1364-
Other InformationBiblioteka Jagiellonska (the Jagiellonian Library), the oldest scientific library in Poland, was primarily located in the Collegium Maius, the oldest university building in Poland. The Collegium Maius building was bought in 1400 by the king Ladislaus Jagello from a Krakow's town councillor Piotr Gerhardsdorf (Gersdorf), and given to the University. The first floor of the building housed libraria (the library). The building was redecorated in 1840-1870 when it was designed to serve exclusively as the University Library. Collegium Maius was the library seat till 1940 when the library moved to a new location on Aleja Mickiewicza 22, Krakow, and the Collegium Maius was transformed in the Jagiellonian University Museum. The "Collegium Maius" provenances are to be considered exclusively as university library provenances.
Variant NamesCollegium Maius
Bibliotheca Collegii Maioris
Bibliotheca Collegij Majoris
Bibliotheca Jagellonica
Krakow Academy Library
Biblioteka Akademii Krakowskiej
Bibliotheca Universitatis Cracoviensis
Bibliotheca Universitatis Iagellonicae
Jagiellonian University Library
Biblioteka Jagiellońska
Bibliotheca Iagellonica
Libraria Maioris Collegii
Other Identifierhttps://thesaurus.cerl.org/cgi-bin/record.pl?rid=cnc00020236
https://thesaurus.cerl.org/cgi-bin/record.pl?rid=cnc00009341

Activity

Start (year)1364
NoteApproximate starting date.
The university was founded in 1364 and the first known location of its library was the Collegium Maius, the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University purchased in 1400. This building was a house for the library till 1940, when the library moved to new premises, where it remains up to today.
MARC Area CodePoland
Note on the geographic region
PlaceKraków (Geonames Id: 3094802)
Profession / Type of InstitutionLibrary
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Last Edit2022-06-09 12:05:56
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