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Croatian incunabula

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

Pope Leo receives NSK monograph spotlighting Croatia’s earliest printed books

5 December 2025

On 5 December 2025, Pope Leo XIV received from the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković a copy of Incunabula Croatica, a 2025 monograph of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting Croatia’s earliest printed books. Prime Minister Plenković gave this unique publication as a gift to the Holy Father on the second day of his visit to the Vatican, as a lasting testimony of the wealth and centuries-long continuity of Croatian cultural heritage. Issued as part of a major publishing project supported by the ...

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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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The invitation for the presentation of “Incunabula Croatica”.

“Incunabula Croatica”: NSK to present its monograph on Croatia’s earliest printed books

25 September 2025, 13.00

On 25 September 2025, starting at 13.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will present Incunabula Croatica, the result of its major publishing project and a significant contribution to insights into Croatia’s earliest printed books and the history of the Croatian book in general. Published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and the Adris Foundation as a result of years-long research into the Croatian incunabula, the monograph will be presented by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević, the monograph’s consulting editors Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of the

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Hieronymus, Vitae sanctorum patrum. NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection.

NSK research project on Croatian incunabula receives grant from Adris Foundation

3 October 2024

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has been awarded a grant from the Adris Foundation for its research project on Croatian incunabula, Croatia’s first printed books. With the €7,000 grant, awarded as a result of a personal donation by the President of the Adris grupa Ltd. Management Board and the Adris grupa Ltd. Supervisory Board Ante Vlahović, NSK will publish a monograph (Hrvatski prvotisci) presenting the results of more than a decade of research into the Croatian books dating from the 15th century. The research, which the Library conducted in cooperation with several partners, identified as many as 86 editions of Croatian incunabula in institutions all across Croatia, documenting ...

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