SHARE OF PHILOSOPHICAL TITLES IN THE LIBRARY FUND OF THE VARA？DIN CAPUCHIN MONASTERY LIBRARY ACCORDING TO THE 1762 AND 1944 CATALOGUES

Sa？etak The Order of Capuchin Friars came to Vara？din in 1699, when they established the monastery. The decision to build the Monastery Library was consistent with the Constitution of the Ordo Fratrum Minorum dating from 1643: “In every monastery there should be a middle-sized room designated for a library“. Present library is placed in four separate locations in the monastery, while the original one doesn’t exist any more. The first cataloging of the library fund was made by the Varazdin’s Capuchin Maccarius Varasdinensis in 1762. In manuscript entitled Catalogus alphabeticus librorum Conventus Varasdinensis ab Anno MDCCLXII, Maccarius classifies library fund in 27 subject areas. Under the area Q. Philosophi he locates 39 philosophical titles. The most significant cataloging in the monastery history, is made by capuchin friar Tomislav Sagi in 1944. Sagi conducted a detailed inspection of the library fund. Moreover, he made the catalog cards for each publication, containing following relevant data: the writer / the book title / the release date / the special remark / the content / the language / the library location. Thereby, he enabled and established all further development of the library, as well as possible research. The author’s intention is, by using two catalogues, to determine the amount of books with philosophical topics present in the Library fund of the Vara？din Capuchin Monastery Library . The goal is to accurately determine the amount of specific bibliographical items, with regard to the content, language and release date, as well as the type of publication- whether is a manuscript or incunabula. Finally, the author emphasizes works of Croatian authors: Stjepan Zimermann, Josip Stadler, Franjo ？anc, Ante Bauer and Hijacint Boskovic