Lectionaries
Lectionaries contain liturgical readings, or a selection of texts from the Gospels and the Apostles' Letters read during standard Latin liturgy before Slovenian sermon on Sundays and holidays. Because they were also intended for private reading, they often had various additions, such as catechisms, church songs, and prayers. Since the last decades of the 15th century, translations of lectionaries into vernacular languages have also been printed. In the 17th century, lectionary in Slovenian language became one of the most important publications of the Catholic religious revival, and later also one of the most popular and most often reprinted religious works. The first, Hren-Čandek's edition of the lectionary with the title Evangelia inu lystuvi was published in 1613 (with the date of publication 1612), and the second, Schönleben's edition was published in 1672. They were followed by numerous linguistically improved and supplemented editions, which are also important for researching the development of Slovenian language.
Lectionaries that were published until 1851 from the collections of the National and University Library, the Ivan Potrč Library, the Ljubljana City Library and the University Library in Maribor are presented in teh collection.