21/04/23

Presentation of the book of Josep Lluís Martos

On Thursday, April 27, Josep Lluís Martos, Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Alicante, will present the book El primer cancionero impreso y un pliego poético incunable at the Biblioteca Histórica. The author will give a lecture in which he will announce news about one of the jewels of our collection, Obres o trobes en lahors de la Verge Maria, the first Hispanic poetic print, produced in Valencia in 1474 and unique copy in the world. He will also talk about the work Salve Regina by Pere Vilaspinosa, also preserved in the library, which, according to the latest research -which would date it between 1491 and 1495- becomes the first strictly poetic Valencian printed sheet of which there is evidence.

Place: Sala Duc de Calàbria

Time: 19:00h

31/03/23

April 2023 timetable

The Pérez Bayer research room will be closed the following days:

• On Saturdays
• 6th to 17th (Holy Week and Easter)
• On Monday 24th

The Duc de Calàbria room exhibition hall will keep its usual opening hours, Sundays from 10:00 to 14.00 h.

29/03/23

Exhibition in preparation: Fire in the Library. Books that set the Europe of the Enlightenment on fire

The Historical Library is preparing the exhibition "Fire in the Library. Books that set the Europe of the Enlightenment on fire", curated by Nicolás Bas Martín, member of the Department of History of Science and Documentation of the Universitat de València. The project will be articulated around a selection of books considered best-sellers of the forbidden literature of the 18th century. Authors and works that from different points of view -philosophical, political, cultural, social and religious- advocated for a more democratic Europe against the absolutism of the Old Regime.

The exhibition will be complemented by a selection of contemporary artistic photographs of the twentieth century, in black and white, by the Valencian photographer Pedro Hernández, which aim to appeal the texts of the Age of Enlightenment.

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23/03/23

Publication of the Communications of "III Jornadas de Gestión del Patrimonio Bibliográfico"

The latest issue of the magazine RUIDERAe , has recently been published, edited by the University of Castilla-La Mancha,  which includes the communications of the "III Jornadas de Gestión del Patrimonio Bibliográfico" organized by the Grupo de Trabajo de Patrimonio Bibliográfico de REBIUN and the Universitat de València, in May 2022.

07/03/23

The library will be closed for Fallas

The Historical Library will be closed for Fallas from March 15th to 20th.

The Duc de Calàbria exhibition hall will be closed on March 19th.