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On 25 September 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) presented Incunabula Croatica<\/em>, its monograph documenting the findings of decades of extensive research into Croatia\u2019s earliest printed books and their relevance in the context of European cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issued as part of a major publishing project supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media<\/a> and the Adris Foundation<\/a>, the monograph was prepared as a result of the Library\u2019s 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 Stri\u010devi\u0107 expressed deep gratitude to all who through their goodwill, knowledge and dedication as professionals laid the foundations for the project, documenting the Croatian incunabula and creating bibliographic records serving as the lasting basis for all further research into the history of the Croatian book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 and the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media Dr Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also underscoring the significance of all whose efforts contributed to the monograph\u2019s publication, the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media Dr Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek highlighted in her address the immense value of the Croatian incunabula for reinforcing Croatia\u2019s place within the European cultural community, in which context the monograph is the evidence of Croatia’s cultural maturity and a strong message to the world about its invaluable cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Associate Professor at the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at the University of Zadar Marijana Tomi\u0107, Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of the Zagreb University\u2019s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ivana Hebrang Grgi\u0107 and Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Mateo \u017dagar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The monograph\u2019s editor-in-chief Associate Professor at the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at the University of Zadar<\/a> Marijana Tomi\u0107, NSK Director General Dr Stri\u010devi\u0107, the consulting editors Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of the Zagreb University<\/a>\u2019s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ivana Hebrang Grgi\u0107 and Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts<\/a> Mateo \u017dagar, along with the monograph\u2019s contributors the Head of the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection<\/a> Dr Irena Gali\u0107 Be\u0161ker and member emeritus of the Institute of Art History<\/a> in Zagreb Dr Milan Pelc provided the presentation participants with deeper insight into all the stages of the monograph\u2019s preparation and its relevance for understanding the most valuable part of Croatian written heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Head of the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection Dr Irena Gali\u0107 Be\u0161ker and member emeritus of the Institute of Art History in Zagreb Dr Milan Pelc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The symbolic cradle of Croatia\u2019s printed heritage \u2013 made available online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The monograph spotlights 180 copies of the Croatian incunabula preserved in Croatian institutions. Featuring three research studies and a comprehensive bibliography, it includes each copy\u2019s detailed description and an accompanying QR code for accessing its digitised version on the Incunabula Croatica<\/a>\u00a0website. This not only enables long-term preservation of the presented incunabula, but it makes them widely available in the digital environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standing out among Croatian incunabula is by all means a \u2018Missal by the Law of the Roman Court\u2019 (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora<\/em>; Missale Romanum glagolitice<\/a><\/em>), the pride of the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection and a gem of the Croatian Glagolitic tradition<\/a>.  Printed only 28 years after the completion of the Gutenberg Bible and a decade before Columbus\u2019s discovery of the Americas as the first printed book in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script<\/a>, it made Croatian culture part of Europe\u2019s and global cultural and technological mainstreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missale Romanum glagolitice<\/a><\/em> (1483). NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Being so much more than a mere register of the earliest Croatian books, Incunabula Croatica<\/em> is a lasting testimony to the cultural wealth of the Croatian people. At the same time, it encourages new research, along with reminding us of the importance of the preservation of printed heritage and inspiring new discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may order your copy of the Incunabula Croatica<\/em> monograph via the Library\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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