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Copernicana
(Text, Collection)
Persons
Copernicus, Nicolaus
, 1473-1543
(associated name, former owner)
Organisations
Bibliotheca Varmiensis [Frauenburg/Frombork]
(former owner)
Kolegium Jezuickie (Braniewo)
(former owner)
Physical description
45 volymer: + Obs. Copernicana 1 saknas
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Abstract
(In English below)
Med samlingen Copernicana avses böcker som har tillhört eller använts av Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), den välkände polske astronom som efter antika förebilder slog fast att det är solen som är universums medelpunkt, inte jorden. Nu är böckerna i Copernicana-samlingen digitaliserade och fritt tillgängliga på nätet.
Samlingens historia:
Polen 1626. Svenska arméer härjar i landet under Gustav II Adolfs ledning, under det som skulle komma att kallas det första svensk-polska kriget. Det segerrika och ur bokligt hänseende fattiga Sverige riktade på ett särskilt vis in sig på att erövra betydelsefulla bibliotek, nu när tillfälle gavs. Ett av dem låg i Frauenburg (Frombork), ett annat i Braunsberg (Braniewo).
Till domkapitelbiblioteket i Frauenburg och till jesuitkollegiets bibliotek i Braunsberg hade de böcker som Nicolaus Copernicus ägt eller använt kommit på olika vägar efter dennes död. Nu kom de alltså i svenskarnas händer. De lastades snart för transport till Sverige, och slutligen till universitetet i Uppsala, där de blev ett viktigt tillskott till det bibliotek som grundats här bara fem år tidigare, som ett led i Gustav II Adolfs stora nysatsning på universitetet.
På Uppsala universitetsbibliotek finns det stora flertalet av dessa böcker alltsedan dess, med undantag för enstaka volymer som av olika anledningar har hamnat i andra svenska bibliotek (två volymer i Astronomiska observatoriets bibliotek, tre i Stiftsbiblioteket i Strängnäs, en i Stifts- och landsbiblioteket i Linköping, samt en i Kungliga biblioteket).
Copernicus böcker identifierades redan i slutet på 1800-talet och början på 1900-talet, och fick då bilda en egen samling på Carolina Rediviva med 45 volymer. Sedan dess har många av dessa böckers koppling till den polske astronomen ifrågasatts av forskare vid olika tillfällen. I Pawel Czartoryskis viktiga artikel från 1978 hävdar författaren att endast femton av Uppsalavolymerna antingen har ägts eller använts av Copernicus. Tjugofyra av dem avfärdades då de helt saknade anknytning till honom. I fyra fall var man tveksam.
Hur det än är med identifikationen av varje enskilt tryck i Copernicana-samlingen, som den alltså har kallats sedan början av 1900-talet, kvarstår faktumet att detta är den samling med störst antal böcker med Copernicus-proveniens i världen.
In English:
The designation Copernicana at Uppsala University Library refers to a collection of books that were owned or used by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), the well-known Polish astronomer, who along with ancient Greek astronomers claimed that the sun is in the centre of the universe, not the earth.
Poland 1626. The Swedish army is ravaging the country under the command of Gustavus II Adolphus, the Swedish King, during the war that was to become the first between Sweden and Poland. A Sweden that was victorious, but poor in books, was especially interested in capturing important libraries, now when there was an opportunity. One of them was in Frauenburg (Frombork), another in Braunsberg (Braniewo).
The books which Nicolaus Copernicus had owned or used had in different ways reached the chapter library of Frauenburg and the library of the Jesuit college of Braunsberg after his death. Now they became Swedish property. They were soon loaded for transport to Sweden, and finally to the university at Uppsala, where they became an important addition to the library that had been founded there only five years earlier. This was an essential part in the efforts of Gustavus II Adolphus to improve the university.
At Uppsala University Library the great majority of these books have been kept ever since, with the exception of single volumes that for different reasons have ended up at other Swedish libraries (two volumes at the Library of the Astronomical Observatory, three at the Diocese Library of Strängnäs, one at the Diocese Library of Linköping, and one at the Royal Library in Stockholm).
A group of scholars confirmed the identity of Copernicus’s books as early as the later part of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and then a new collection containing 45 volumes was created from them at Carolina Rediviva. Since then researchers have at several occasions questioned the real connection of many of these books to the Polish astronomer. In an important article by Pawel Czartoryski from 1978, the author asserts that only fifteen of the volumes at Uppsala University Library have either been owned or used by Copernicus. Twenty four were rejected as completely lacking connection. In four cases there were doubts.
Regardless of the identification of every single book in the Copernicana-collection, as it has been called ever since the beginning of the 20th century, it is still a fact that this is the collection with the largest number of books with Copernicus’s provenance in the world.
Notes
Samlingen utgörs av krigsbyten från Polen / The collection consists of warbooty from Poland
Bild/Image: detalj ur /detail from
The Uppsala Notebook
, signum: Copernicana 4
Samlingen har förtecknats i den nationella bibliotekskatalogen Libris, och är därmed även sökbar i vår söktjänst. / The collection has been registered in the Swedish national library catalogue Libris, and can also be found in our search tool.
Literature
- Birkenmajer, Ludwik Antoni,
Mikolaj Kopernik
. - Krakow, 1900
- Birkenmajer, Ludwik Antoni, " ... Nova Copernicana ...." - Krakow, 1909 (I:
Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences mathématiques et naturelles
, 1902:2, s. 29-33)
- Birkenmajer, Ludwik Antoni,
Stromata Copernicana
. - Krakow, 1924
- Czartoryski, Pawel, "The library of Copernicus". I:
Science and history: studies in honor of Edward Rosen
. - Warswawa: Ossolineum, 1978. - (Studia Copernicana; 16)
- Trypucko, Józef,
Polonica vetera Upsaliensia: catalogue des imprimés polonais ou concernant la Pologne des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles conservés à la Bibliothèque de l'Université royale d'Upsala
. - Uppsala: Universitetsbibl., 1958. - (Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis; 13)
Related records in Alvin
See specifically described parts (45)
Host:
Specialsamlingar på Uppsala universitetsbibliotek
External links
Copernicanasamlingen i Libris / The Copernicana Collection in Libris
Digitala kopior av alla böcker i Copernicanasamlingen / Digital copies of all books in the Copernicana Collection
Access condition
Av bevarandeskäl är vissa volymer är spärrade för utlån / Due to fragile condition some volumes are not available for request and study
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Uppsala University Library
Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
Box 510
SE 751 20 Uppsala
Abbreviation:
Uka
Shelfmark:
Copernicana
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urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-112222
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