ʺ1 DECEMBRIE 1918” UNIVERSITY OF ALBA IULIA FACULTY OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF HISTORY SUMMARY DOCTORAL THESIS Spanish Books in Transylvanian Libraries (17th through 19th centuries) Scientific coordinator: Prof. Eva Mârza, PhD PhD candidate: ŞtefanTrif (Stanciu) 2016 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 7 Argument........................................................................................................................................ 7 Outlook and Method....................................................................................................................... 9 The Romanian Historiography on the Romanian and Spanish Cultural Relations....................... 15 PART I. CROSS CULTURAL INTERFERENCES IN TWO EUROPEAN REGIONS: SPAIN AND TRANSYLVANIA I. Spanish historical highlights (1600-1900)................................................................................. 21 II. Spain’s interest in Transylvanian Romania: sources and writings (17th through 19th centuries)....................................................................................................................................... 32 1. Romanians’ history in the Spanish Literature (17th century) ...................................... 32 2. The Romanian presence in the Spanish memoirs and historiography (16th through 19th centuries) ...................................................................................................................................... 35 3. Transylvania and the Spanish press (17th through 19th centuries) ............................. 44 III. Romanian Transylvanians’ interest in the Spanish people: Romanian Transylvanian writings and sources (17th through 19th centuries).................................................................................... 52 1. Spanish presence in the Magyar and Transylvanian Saxon historiography (17th through 19th centuries) ....................................................................................................... 52 2. Spanish presence in the Transylvanian Romanian and Banat historiography (18th and 19th centuries)............................................................................................................................... 55 3. The image of Spain and Spanish people in the Transylvanian Romanian press (19th century) ........................................................................................................................................ 61 PART II. THE OLD SPANISH BOOK IN ROMANIAN TRANSYLVANIAN CATHOLIC LIBRARIES IV.Batthyaneum Library............................................................................................................... 81 1. Religion......................................................................................................................... 83 a. Patristics........................................................................................................................ 83 b. Church history............................................................................................................... 98 c. Religious life .............................................................................................................. 102 d. Moral theology............................................................................................................ 113 e. Biblical sources .......................................................................................................... 115 2. Literature .................................................................................................................... 119 a. Dramaturgy..................................................................................................................123 a. Poetry.......................................................................................................................... 123 b. Prose............................................................................................................................ 124 c. Grammar and dictionaries........................................................................................... 128 3. History ........................................................................................................................ 130 4. Transylvaniain the Spanish books of Batthyaneum Library, Alba Iulia (17th and 18th centuries) ................................................................................................................................... 142 5. Spanish editions translated from foreign languages (Latin, French).......................... 150 V. The Library of the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia ............................. 156 VI. The Catholic Book Fund of the Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca .................. 160 VII. Blaj Book Fund in the Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca................................. 165 PART III. THE OLD SPANISH BOOK IN PROTESTANT ROMANIAN TRANSYLVANIAN LIBRARIES VIII. Brukenthal Library, Sibiu.................................................................................................. 171 IX. Teleki Library, Târgu Mureş ................................................................................................ 194 X. The Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca ................................................................ 202 1. The Unitarian book fund............................................................................................. 203 2. The Reformed book fund............................................................................................ 210 XI.The old Spanish book in other Transylvanian Libraries: Lucian Blaga Central University Library, Cluj-Napoca.................................................................................................................. 213 XII. Old Spanish books published in foreign languages (Latin, German, French, Magyar, and Italian) in Transylvanian libraries............................................................................................... 218 FINAL REMARKS................................................................................................................... 222 SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Edited sources ............................................................................................................ 232 2. Edited sources: the press ............................................................................................ 249 3. Bibliographies. Old Spanish book catalogues............................................................. 250 4. General bibliography .................................................................................................. 252 5. Special bibliography .................................................................................................. 259 5.1. Books ...................................................................................................................... 259 5.2. Studies and articles ................................................................................................. 268 5.3. Web sources ............................................................................................................ 286 ANNEXES: 1. Spanish Books in foreign languages at Battyaneum Library (Alba Iulia).............................. 290 2. Spanish Books in foreign languages at Brukenthal Library (Sibiu) ...................................... 298 3. Spanish Books in foreign languages at Teleki Library (Târgu-Mureș)................................... 304 4. Spanish Books in foreign languages at Bethlen Gabor Library (Aiud) ................................. 309 5. Spanish Books in foreign languages at the Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca..... 310 6. Spanish Books in foreign languages at Lucian Blaga Central University Library (Cluj-Napoca)............................................................................................................................ 312 7. Spanish Books in foreign languages at The Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Library (Alba Iulia) ........................................................................................................................................... 316 8. Spanish Books in foreign languages at ASTRA Library (Sibiu)............................................ 316 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS..................................................................................................... 317 ILLUSTRATIONS .................................................................................................................... 318 SUMMARY The Transylvanian and Spanish cultural relations were less debated in the Romanian historiography. These relations definitely developed, and the subject of our research puts forward the evidence needed to support the fact that both the Transylvanian Romanians and the Spanish people were interested in one another through all ages. The frequency and degree of intensity of these contacts may not be comparable but they do illustrate that both Transylvania and Spain participated in the European „cultural traffic” despite their location at the two European extremities. Our research started with the fact that the Romanian and even the Hungarian and Transylvanian Saxon historiography have never carried out analyses about the systematic presence of the old Spanish books in the Transylvanian Romanian libraries. The Transylvanian librarians