Library of Kyiv Vydubytskyi St. Michael Monastery in the 1880s: reconstruction of repertoire based on inventory

The goal of the research. The article aims to reconstruct the book collection of the Vydubytskyi monastery in the 80s years of the 18th century based on the inventory stored in the Institute of Manuscript of the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, to describe its repertoire and to present the inventory in a bibliographic format close to the modern one. Methodology. The research uses methods of analysis, synthesis and generalization, as well as classification and systematization. Scientific novelty. The article introduces the inventory of the Vydubytskyi monastery library in the 1880s from the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine to the scientific circulation. The inventory of books is published for the first time. The repertoire of the collection is analyzed, its chronological framework is established, general characteristics of thematic groups and some manuscripts and printed books are presented. Conclusions. Reconstruction of the book collection of the Vydubytskyi monastery based on the inventory of the 80s of the 18th century allows us to analyze the peculiarities of the late of the 18th century book repertoire of one of the most famous monasteries of Ukraine. Chronological framework of the handwritten or printed books: 1561-1771. The collection, which is significant in terms of the number of books, demonstrates the genre and linguistic diversity of handwritten and printed works. In addition to purely liturgical books, there are also Bibles, works of the Fathers of the Church, books on asceticism, on dogmatics, sermons, hagiographic literature. The polemical baroque literature on dogmatic, revealing and moral theology authored by Ukrainian and Belarusian religious figures and writers is presented. The presence of Latin treatises, handwritten courses, dictionaries, educational and foreign language literature confirms the high level of education of the abbots and monks, their connection with the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Therefore, the inventory of the book collection of the Vydubyskyi monastery reflects the needs and interests of the readership from the monastic environment and is a valuable source of the history of the book culture of Ukraine.