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'''The Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona or the Episcopal Public Library of the Seminary of Barcelona''', also called Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona (BPEB) in [[catalan language]] and [[spanish language]], or Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona in catalan and Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminario de Barcelona in spanish, is the library located in the building of the [[Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona]]. It was founded in 1772, and its the oldest preserved public access library in the city of [[Barcelona]]<ref>"La creació de la primera biblioteca pública catalana". En: Subirà i Blasi, Enric. ''[http://books.google.cat/books?id=O7A_8TBzkNQC&dq=%22Esgl%C3%A9sia+de+Betlem%22+seminari&source=gbs_navlinks_s El Seminari de Barcelona, (1593-1917): aportació per a una anàlisi de la influència de la formació del clergat en el desenvolupament del pensament catòlic a Catalunya]''. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 1993. (Scripta et Documenta ; 49). [[ISBN 84-7826-470-1]], p. 271-279</ref><ref>Gil Solés, Daniel; Guzmán Fernández, Imma; Fàbregas Rebato, Helena «[http://eprints.rclis.org/33881/ La Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari a principis del segle XX]» (in catalan). ''Elias Rogent i Barcelona: arquitectura, patrimoni i restauració''. Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona [Barcelona], 2019, p. 256.</ref>. It houses a large collections of old and modern books, especially relevants in [[theology]], ecclesiastical sciences and [[Bible]], [[philosophy]], [[The arts|arts]] and [[humanities]], with a total of 360,507 volumes<ref>«[http://bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/memories/ Memòries]» (in catalan). Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona, January 2018. [Date accessed: March 2020, 10th].</ref>. Among these, there a collection of 95 [[Incunable|incunabula]]<ref>Serrallach García, Lluís; Turull Garriga, Josep M. "[http://www.bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/dipositdigital/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Incunables.pdf Catàleg dels incunables de la Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona]". En: ''Revista Catalana de Teologia'', vol. XXIV, núm. 2 (1999), p. 359-418. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]</ref>, 625 [[Manuscript|manuscripts]]<ref>Fàbrega Grau, Àngel''. [http://www.bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/dipositdigital/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Manuscrits-BPEB.pdf Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Arzobispal del Seminario Conciliar de Barcelona]'' [online]. Barcelona: Biblioteca Balmes, 1965. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]</ref><ref>''Repertori de manuscrits catalans (1474-1620), Volum II.1 Barcelona: Biblioteca Pública Episcopal i Biblioteca de la Universitat. Direcció:'' Eulàlia Duran. Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, 2000. 411 p. (Memòries de la Secció Històrico-arqueològica ; 55). <nowiki>ISBN 84-7283-534-0</nowiki>. [Also available at: http://mcem.iec.cat/]</ref>, some of them written in [[Arabic|arabic language]], the oldest of wich is from the 14th Century. Also important is the collection of approximately 10,000 [[gosos]], from the 17th Century to the present.
'''The Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona or the Episcopal Public Library of the Seminary of Barcelona''', also called Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona (BPEB) in [[catalan language]] and [[spanish language]], or Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona in catalan and Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminario de Barcelona in spanish, is the library located in the building of the [[Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona]]. It was founded in 1772, and its the oldest preserved public access library in the city of [[Barcelona]]<ref>"La creació de la primera biblioteca pública catalana". En: Subirà i Blasi, Enric. ''[http://books.google.cat/books?id=O7A_8TBzkNQC&dq=%22Esgl%C3%A9sia+de+Betlem%22+seminari&source=gbs_navlinks_s El Seminari de Barcelona, (1593-1917): aportació per a una anàlisi de la influència de la formació del clergat en el desenvolupament del pensament catòlic a Catalunya]''. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 1993. (Scripta et Documenta ; 49). [[ISBN 84-7826-470-1]], p. 271-279</ref><ref>Gil Solés, Daniel; Guzmán Fernández, Imma; Fàbregas Rebato, Helena «[http://eprints.rclis.org/33881/ La Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari a principis del segle XX]» (in catalan). ''Elias Rogent i Barcelona: arquitectura, patrimoni i restauració''. Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona [Barcelona], 2019, p. 256.</ref>. It houses a large collections of old and modern books, especially relevants in [[theology]], ecclesiastical sciences and [[Bible]], [[philosophy]], [[The arts|arts]] and [[humanities]], with a total of 360,507 volumes<ref>«[http://bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/memories/ Memòries]» (in catalan). Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona, January 2018. [Date accessed: March 2020, 10th].</ref>. Among these, there a collection of 95 [[Incunable|incunabula]]<ref>Serrallach García, Lluís; Turull Garriga, Josep M. "[http://www.bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/dipositdigital/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Incunables.pdf Catàleg dels incunables de la Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona]". En: ''Revista Catalana de Teologia'', vol. XXIV, núm. 2 (1999), p. 359-418. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]</ref>, 625 [[Manuscript|manuscripts]]<ref>Fàbrega Grau, Àngel''. [http://www.bibliotecaepiscopalbcn.org/dipositdigital/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Manuscrits-BPEB.pdf Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Arzobispal del Seminario Conciliar de Barcelona]'' [online]. Barcelona: Biblioteca Balmes, 1965. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]</ref><ref>''Repertori de manuscrits catalans (1474-1620), Volum II.1 Barcelona: Biblioteca Pública Episcopal i Biblioteca de la Universitat. Direcció:'' Eulàlia Duran. Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, 2000. 411 p. (Memòries de la Secció Històrico-arqueològica ; 55). <nowiki>ISBN 84-7283-534-0</nowiki>. [Also available at: http://mcem.iec.cat/]</ref>, some of them written in [[Arabic|arabic language]], the oldest of wich is from the 14th Century. Also important is the collection of approximately 10,000 [[gosos]], from the 17th Century to the present.

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Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona
Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona
Main hall
Main hall
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41°22′52″N 2°10′11″E / 41.38111°N 2.16972°E / 41.38111; 2.16972
TypeNational library
Established1907
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Websitewww.bnc.cat

The Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona or the Episcopal Public Library of the Seminary of Barcelona, also called Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona (BPEB) in catalan language and spanish language, or Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona in catalan and Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminario de Barcelona in spanish, is the library located in the building of the Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona. It was founded in 1772, and its the oldest preserved public access library in the city of Barcelona[1][2]. It houses a large collections of old and modern books, especially relevants in theology, ecclesiastical sciences and Bible, philosophy, arts and humanities, with a total of 360,507 volumes[3]. Among these, there a collection of 95 incunabula[4], 625 manuscripts[5][6], some of them written in arabic language, the oldest of wich is from the 14th Century. Also important is the collection of approximately 10,000 gosos, from the 17th Century to the present.

The BPEB belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona as a central library of its, ans is part of the library system of the Ramon Llull University and collaborates with the Collective Catalogue of the Catalan Bibliographic Heritage.

History

The library was built in 1772 by Bishop Josep Climent i Avinent[7], when the Old Seminari Conciliar Library (or Bishop's College), created in 1593, was merged with the Library of College of Our Lady of Bethlehem, of the Society of Jesus, founded in 1545. Its original location was on the La Rambla in Barcelona. It received the name "Pública" after the Pragmatic Sanction of April 2nd 1767, promulgated by King Charles III of Spain, which decreed the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Kingdom of the Crown of Spain, the occupation of its buildings and the confiscation of all its assets, including its libraries. In fact, most of them, as in the case of Barcelona, ended up in the nearest Council Seminars. Finally, "per justificar davant del poble que es donava utilitat a totes aquestes biblioteques, l’Estat manà als bisbes receptors que fessin tot el que fes falta per fer públiques les biblioteques dels Jesuïtes, i es va pactar un sou per a contractar bibliotecaris"[8]. As for the Bethlehem School itself, something different happened in Barcelona, since "los colegios solían seguir siendo centros de enseñanza. En Barcelona, el colegio de Belén se convirtió en el Seminario Conciliar de Barcelona..."[9]

On 1775, 25th June, Fèlix Amat de Palou i Pont received the royal appointment as the first librarian of the Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona[10]. However, it was not until January 1776 that the Library opened its doors to the public, located on the second floor of the Seminary building[11]. Félix Amat de Palou was a librarian between 1775 and 1785. Between 1785 and 1803 he wrote his Ecclesiastical History and made the first inventory of all the books in the library. It was precisely in 1785 that the first serious inventory of the entire library collection was made: the Inventario de los libros contenidos en la Biblioteca... was made by the then librarian Joaquín Nicolás Rincón[7]. The classification of the Library was divided into 8 large sections, with a total of 16,976 volumes[12].

His successor was his nephew Ignasi Torres i Amat de Palou (1768-1811), who was a librarian between 1795 and 1808, and who designed and initiated the famous Dictionary of Catalan Writers, or Diccionari d'escriptors catalans, in catalan, also called in spanish Memorias para ayudar a formar un diccionario crítico de los autores catalanes y dar alguna idea de la antigua y moderna literatura de Cataluña[13], finished in 1836 by his brother Fèlix Torres i Amat de Palou, who was also a librarian in BPEB. Both of them installed a room in the library for Catalan authors, with the collaboration of the librarian Ignasi Palaudàries (who was a librarian in BPEB between 1816 and 1824) and the Bishop of Barcelona Pau de Sitjar i Ruata. During his mandate the first internal regulation of the Library was established, on August 27, 1816[14]. It was an annexe with its own entity and was announced as the Library of Catalan authors in the edition of the Diario de Barcelona of 1819, Novembre 15th.

In February 1882[15], the Seminary moved from La Rambla to the new building on Diputació Street, outside the city walls, work of architect Elies Rogent i Amat, where it is now located. The books of the BPEB were packed up and moved to the basement of the new building and remained in this situation for fifteen years, until due to Cardinal Salvador Casañas i Pagès, the library was installed in the space it currently occupies. The library was not finally installed until 1924[16].

During the Spanish Civil War, books were deposited in the Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya in catalan language), although some important collections were burned. More than 500 manuscripts were transferred to the Library of Catalonia in four periods: between 2nd and 4th July 1937; between 2nd and 5th November 1937; 15th November 1938; and finally 10th January 1939. All these manuscripts were returned on 9th January 1943, with Josep Gros i Raguer as director.

When it returned to the Seminary, the BPEB was installed on the ground floor of the building and was catalogued again by Jaume Barrera i Escudero (1879-1942). The librarians Àngel Fàbrega i Grau (1921-2017) and Antoni Briva i Mirabent (1926-1994) moved it again to the first floor. Before the Spanish Civil War, specifically in 1916, the Library already had 50,000 volumes.[17] After the Civil War, the Library was in operation again from 10th December 1940, although it was not until 22th February 1944 that the reading room was inaugurated, with a lecture by the then Director of the Central Library of the Diputació de Barcelona. Later, in 1964, it was moved to the current first floor of the Seminary building, where it is located today.

Josep Maria Martí Bonet, appointed librarian in 1971 and who was until 2018, with the help of the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia and the same Seminary, hired librarians for the cataloging of more than 370,000 books that currently contains the BPEB, having since then professional librarians who are responsible for the management of the Library, plus the director of the Governing Board of the Seminary. In 2011, the reform of the Library's Reading Room was inaugurated, with 242 square meters, 47 reading points and currently with more than 11,000 volumes with free access.[18] On March 16th, 2016, the reform of the Library's restricted acces storage deposits was inaugurated.[14]

References

  1. ^ "La creació de la primera biblioteca pública catalana". En: Subirà i Blasi, Enric. El Seminari de Barcelona, (1593-1917): aportació per a una anàlisi de la influència de la formació del clergat en el desenvolupament del pensament catòlic a Catalunya. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 1993. (Scripta et Documenta ; 49). ISBN 84-7826-470-1, p. 271-279
  2. ^ Gil Solés, Daniel; Guzmán Fernández, Imma; Fàbregas Rebato, Helena «La Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari a principis del segle XX» (in catalan). Elias Rogent i Barcelona: arquitectura, patrimoni i restauració. Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona [Barcelona], 2019, p. 256.
  3. ^ «Memòries» (in catalan). Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona, January 2018. [Date accessed: March 2020, 10th].
  4. ^ Serrallach García, Lluís; Turull Garriga, Josep M. "Catàleg dels incunables de la Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona". En: Revista Catalana de Teologia, vol. XXIV, núm. 2 (1999), p. 359-418. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]
  5. ^ Fàbrega Grau, Àngel. Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Arzobispal del Seminario Conciliar de Barcelona [online]. Barcelona: Biblioteca Balmes, 1965. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 10th]
  6. ^ Repertori de manuscrits catalans (1474-1620), Volum II.1 Barcelona: Biblioteca Pública Episcopal i Biblioteca de la Universitat. Direcció: Eulàlia Duran. Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, 2000. 411 p. (Memòries de la Secció Històrico-arqueològica ; 55). ISBN 84-7283-534-0. [Also available at: http://mcem.iec.cat/]
  7. ^ a b Martí Bonet, Josep Maria. "Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona". En: Mateu Ibars, Josefina; Mateu Ibars, Mª Dolores. Colectánea paleográfica de la Corona de Aragón : siglos IX-XVIII. Barcelona : Publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 1991, p. 201. ISBN 84-7875-442-3
  8. ^ Alarcón i Campdepadrós, 2014, p. 19. Translation: "to justify to the people that all these libraries were being made useful, the State ordered the receiving bishops to do whatever was necessary to make the Jesuit libraries public, and a salary was agreed upon to hire librarians",
  9. ^ Vila Despujol, Ignasi. Los jesuitas en la Rambla de Barcelona. Barcelona: Claret, 2013, p. 152. ISBN 9788498467888. Translation: " "schools used to remain centres of learning. In Barcelona, the Bethlehem College became the Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona..."
  10. ^ Alarcón i Campdepadrós, 2014, p. 23.
  11. ^ Martí Bonet, Josep Maria. Catálogo bibliográfico de la Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona (a. 1468 - 1599) : Memoria - Introducción (en castellà). Madrid: Fundación Juan March, 1976, p. 2.
  12. ^ Alarcón i Campdepadrós, 2014, p. 24.
  13. ^ "Memorias para ayudar a formar un diccionario crítico de los escritores catalanes, y dar alguna idea de la antigua y moderna literatura de Catalunya". Enciclopèdia.cat. 03/12/2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ a b Martí i Bonet, Josep Maria. «PETITA HISTÒRIA D'UNA GRAN BIBLIOTECA. La Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona (1775-2016)» (in catalan). Scriptoria, 03/22/2016. [Date Accessed: March 2020, 12th].
  15. ^ Alarcón i Campdepadrós, 2014, p. 35.
  16. ^ Alarcón i Campdepadrós, 2014, p. 39.
  17. ^ Subirà i Blasi, p. 279
  18. ^ Llisterri i Boix, Jordi. "La biblioteca més antiga de Barcelona s'ha posat maca" (in catalan). En: Catalunya Religió (03/02/2011). [Consulta: 21/03/2020]

Bibliography

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