KNJIŽNA ZBIRKA P. ŽIGE ŠKERPINA V LJUBLJANSKEM FRANČIŠKANSKEM SAMOSTANU.

The article presents the findings about the Franciscan monastery library collection which was acquired during the first half of the 18th century by p. Žiga škerpin (1689- 1755) and gives an overview of the circumstances of this collection's origins. The introduction presents some previous publications and starting points regarding the Ljubljana Franciscan monastery library and the collection as well as the basic hypothesis. It is followed by an overview of the monastery library history from its beginnings to 18th century, including p. Škerpin's biography and a short state-of-the-art overview. An overview of the methodological approaches to collection research is presented next, followed by the analysis, namely the general qualitative and quantitative findings about the collection and the main bookbinding and edges decoration characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]