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The building of the National and University Library in Zagreb. Photo: Damir Fabijanić.

NSK Day 2026: Celebrating 419 years of creating and guarding Croatia’s culture

20 February 2026, 13.00

This year’s National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day will be celebrated on 20 February (13.00), in memory of the printing on 22 February 1483 of the first book in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script. Available on the NSK Digital Collections website, a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice) is the pride of the Library’s

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The covers of four copies of the 'Incunabula Croatica' monograph.

“Incunabula Croatica”: NSK presents its monograph spotlighting Croatia’s earliest printed books

25 September 2025

On 25 September 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) presented Incunabula Croatica, its monograph documenting the findings of decades of extensive research into Croatia’s earliest printed books and their relevance in the context of European cultural heritage. Issued as part of a major publishing project supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and the Adris Foundation, the monograph was prepared as a result of the Library’s cooperation with a large number of institutions, many of them religious. Emphasising the importance of this cooperation in her welcome address, the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević expressed deep gratitude to all who ...

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Members of LADO, Croatia’s world-famous folk dance ensemble.

NSK Day 2025: Celebrating 418 years of existence and major achievements in 2024

21 February 2025

Together with many distinguished guests, the representatives of Croatia’s prominent cultural and academic institutions, our partners and friends we have celebrated this year’s National and University Library in Zagreb Day, happy and proud to be part of more than four centuries of tradition. The celebration, which brought together the representatives of the University of Zagreb and other Croatian universities and research institutions, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA), leading library professionals and former NSK directors general and other NSK staff, opened with the addresses by the Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Science, ...

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The cover of the 2024 Latin transliteration of the 1507/08 Croatian translation of “Ars bene moriendi”, with a segment of an illustration from a 15th-century original in the background.

Latin transliteration presented of another 16th-century gem of Croatian Glagolitic heritage

6 June 2024

On 6 June 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a presentation of the Latin transliteration of another 16th-century masterpiece of Croatian Glagolitic heritage, which the Library published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Foundation. Bringing closer to researchers as well as the general public one of the works originally printed by the historic printing house in Senj, the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing tradition, the transliteration was published by the Library as a result of its cooperation with the

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Covers of the Latin transliterations of the 1507 Croatian translation (Naručnik plebanušev) of Manipulus curatorum (14th c.) and 1508 Croatian translation (Mirakuli Slavne Deve Marije) of Miracoli della gloriosa Vergine Maria (15th c.).

Latin transliterations of 16th-century masterpieces from the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing tradition

25 April 2024

On 25 April 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a presentation of the recently published Latin transliterations of two 16th-century masterpieces of Croatian Glagolitic heritage printed in Senj, the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing. In 2023, the 1507 Croatian translation (Naručnik plebanušev) of Manipulus curatorum (14th c.) and 1508 Croatian translation (Mirakuli Slavne Deve Marije) of Miracoli della gloriosa Vergine Maria (15th c.), both printed in the Croatian Glagolitic script at the historic printing house in Senj, got their Latin ...

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Celebration of 2024 National and University Library in Zagreb Day.

National and University Library in Zagreb celebrates NSK Day 2024

22 February 2024

On 22 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised and hosted a special programme marking this year’s NSK Day and 417 years of NSK’s history. Bringing together the representatives of the University of Zagreb and other Croatian universities and research institutions, the Central State Office for Digital Society Development, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA), leading library professionals and former NSK directors general, the programme featured addresses by the Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media and State Secretary Dr Ivica Poljičak, Envoy of ...

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Two copies of the 2023 facsimile edition of Officium parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis (1530).

NSK and Rijeka University Library jointly publish facsimile edition and Latin transliteration of 16th-century masterpiece of Croatian Glagolitic heritage 

24 October 2023

On 24 October 2023, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the presentation of the 2023 facsimile edition of a 16th-century masterpiece of Croatian Glagolitic heritage, an invaluable breviary entitled Officium parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis. Accompanied by the Latin transliteration and presented as part of the 2023 Croatian Book Month, the facsimile edition was jointly published by NSK and the Rijeka University Library, with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and University of Rijeka, ...

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