Manuscrise greceşti din patrimoniul Bibliotecii „V. A. Urechia“ din Galaţi

Abstract

In the present work, we aimed to present part of the Greek manuscripts in the heritage of the Library “V. A. Urechia” from Galați, which can be classified according to their content as follows: dictionaries, miscellany (manuals), cult books, bodies of law etc. It is interesting that circulating in the Romanian space, they are proof of the harmonious synthesis between the Orthodox spirituality specific to the East and the pragmatic idealism of Western Europe. The first conferred resistance in the face of the vicissitudes of history, and the other offered means of progress, of modernization. Among the manuscripts, we also note a dictionary made by the Paisian Society, formed under the guidance of Saint Paisie Velicikovski, the monk who renewed the monastic life, bringing back to the attention of contemporaries the work of the Holy Fathers, as well as the practice of prayer (in the Hesychast version – Prayer of the Heart). The dating of the manuscripts is the 17th-19th centuries, and their research, in the future, can help us better understand the cultural history of this period.