31/01/24

Exhibition in preparation: TROBES, 550 years of printing in Valencia

In 1474, following the call for a poetry contest, Obres o trobes en lahors de la Verge Maria were published in Valencia. It was the first book printed by the Crown of Aragon and the first of a literary nature in the Iberian Peninsula. 

The only preserved copy of Les Trobes is kept in the Historical Library of the University of Valencia. To commemorate this anniversary, the Library presents the exhibition Trobes: 550 years of printing in Valencia. The exhibition can be visited in Room Duc de Calàbria and Room Bigues of the La Nau Cultural Centre. The original copy of  Trobes and a selection of incunabula from the University collection will be on display.

Opening: April 25, 2024

Organized by: the Historical Library of the University of Valencia, with the Vice-Chancellor of Research and the Cultural Center la Nau

Commissioners: Antoni Furió, Rosa Mª Gregori Roig, Pau Viciano Navarro

More information

17/01/24

Presentation of the book "Desaparecido" by Francisco Gimeno Blay

Day: January 23, 2024, Tuesday
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Duc de Calàbria Room of the Historical Library

The book "Desaparecido: el azaroso viaje del Liber Augustalis" will be presented at the Historical Library, the interesting and unknown story of the disappearance of the manuscript of the Liber Augustalis, when on November 26, 1940 the Historical Library of the University of Valencia denounced its disappearance, manuscript that had been part of the library of the kings of Aragon (15th century). Now, eighty-three years later, his whereabouts have been located.

The book is the first issue of the Inutilitas librorum series, within the Cinc Segles collection, the result of collaboration between the Historical Library of the University of Valencia and the publishing house Publicacions de la Universitat (PUV).

They will intervene:

• Cristina Tomás Martínez, Director of the Library and Documentation Service
• Teresa Ferrer Valls, Director of PUV
• Francisco Gimeno Blay, Author of the book

05/12/23

LIBRORUM FRAGMENTA: Incunabula and manuscripts reused in the Historical Library

EXHIBITION From December 13, 2023 to April 7, 2024 in Sala Duc de Calàbria

Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 - 14:00 h  16:00 - 20:00 h
Sundays and holidays, 10:00 - 14:00 h    Closed Monday

In general, all books, and especially medieval incunabula and manuscripts, have been exposed, from the beginning, to deterioration. Located in front of the cliff: they have been ruined by inadequate conservation, frequent, constant and intense consultation by user-readers; Likewise, the passage of time has aged them and, on occasions, the subject matter has also been considered obsolete.

Having reached this point, the people in charge of its custody have estimated that certain volumes, taking into account both their physical and textual state, were useless. From this moment on, they were given another use, transforming them into materials intended to be reused. Many of those books, battered and dilapidated, were sold on the second-hand market, where different professionals came to stock up on old and deteriorated parchments and papers, with the intention of recycling them in their respective trades.

15/11/23

Christmas timetable 2023

The opening hours of the Historical Library during the Christmas holidays will be as follows:

Sala Pérez Bayer (researchers):

- Open: December 27, 28 and 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

- Closed: 25,26 and from December 30 to January 7

You can consult the Christmas timetables of the other libraries of the University of Valencia.

24/10/23

Valencian Book Day: Tornem al Tirant!

On the occasion of the Valencian Book Day 2023, the Biblioteca Històrica is organizing the continuous reading of Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Tuesday 21 November from 10:00 am. The aim of the initiative is to promote the knowledge of the Valencian language and culture, to introduce Valencian authors and works and to bring the bibliographic heritage closer to the whole of society.

For this reason, the library will be closed on November 21.

To take part in the reading, call 96 162 55 86 (from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.), from Monday to Friday.

Encourage yourself to participate! Llegim Tirant!