Narodna biblioteka Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Narodba bilblioteka Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (SS Cyril and Methodius National Library) is the national library of Bulgaria, situated in the capital city Sofia. Founded on April 4, 1878, the library received the status of Bulgarian National Library three years later and in 1924 the Bulgarian Renaissance Archive was merged into it.
Slavonic Scriptures, a collection of more than 1,500 originals dating from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
Greek and other Foreign Scriptures with around 200 monuments, 9th to 19th century.
Eastern Scriptures, containing around 3,100 Arabic, 500 Ottoman and 150 Persian codicies, dated 11th to the 19th centuries.
Various archives of Ottoman, Arabic and Persian documents, catalogued under the Collection of Oriental Archives and the Newer Turkish Archives and 328 separate funds, each sorted by geographical criteria, covering a period from the 15th until the first quarter of the 20th century. Both collections contain over 500,000 units, 714 registers (defters) and 168 sidjals.
Old Print, Rares and Valuables, a collection of about 30,000 volumes in Old Slavonic, Bulgarian and foreign languages, covering a period from the 15th until the 20th century, plus a collection of Bulgarian Renaissance press from the period before 1878.
Old Print Books from the Orient, a collection of around 2,000 volumes in Arabic, Ottoman and Persian, covering a period from 1593 to the first quarter of the 20th century.
Bulgarian Historical Archive with over 1.5 million documents under 700 separate archives covering the work of Bulgarian revolutionaires, economic, cultural and public people from the 18th until the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the history of the independence struggle in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace (see [History of Bulgaria]).
Portraits and Photographs, a collection of over 80,000 photographs and illustrations.
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