ВТРАЧЕНА МОНАСТИРСЬКА КНИГОЗБІРНЯ: ЛІКВІДАЦІЯ У 1785 Р. СКИТА МАНЯВСЬКОГО Й ПІСЛЯІСТОРІЯ ЙОГО КНИЖКОВОГО ЗІБРАННЯ

The article studies the «post-history» of the lost monastic library of Manyava Skete, one  of the most signifi cant monasteries of early modern Ukraine. Orthodox monastery in Manyava  under the title the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was founded in the early XVIIth century by  the ascetic Job (Knyahynytskyi), who practiced monasticism in Greek mount Athos. In 1620  monastery received the status of stauropegion from the patriarch of Constantinople, and after it  depended directly from a mentioned patriarch. Soon in 1628, it became the proto-monastery; it  means “guiding” monastery in the Ruthenian, Belz and Podolian voivodeship, as well as for a few  monastic communities in the Bukovina and Moldova. The history of the early modern Manyava  monastic library is unknown, because of the lack of sources. In other words, the history of this  monastic library is lost because any inventories or lists of books that allow making its complex  analysis are lost as well. That is why, at least the «post-history» of the mentioned library should  be studied. It means a history of the library after the dissolution of the Manyava Skete in 1785.  The disappearance of Manyava monastic library, in general, demonstrates the main methods of  the monastic libraries losing, eff ected by the Austrian state monasteries’ dissolution in the late  XVIII century. Research has found that books from the Manyava monastery after its dissolution  were transferred to the university libraries in Lviv and Vienna. But it should be mentioned that it’s  hard to clear verify a sending of the c odex to the capital of the Habsburg monarchy. They were  bought by or gifted to the private collection such as priest Antin Petrushevich or August Bielowski.  Books relocated as well as to the church institution (Przemyshl Greek-catholic cathedral chapter,  Lviv Theological Academy), to the parishes (Rakovets), and the Romanian monasteries (Putna,  Suceviţa) libraries. Consequently, the article examines the routes by which books from Manyava  primarily passed on private collections or institution in XIX century and later transferred to the  scholar libraries in contemporary Ukraine, Poland, and Romania.

Manyava Skete, monastic library, dissolution of monasteries, Job (Knyahynytskyi).