Collection of Handwritten and Old Printed Books of the XVI–XX Centuries and Rare Editions of the Library Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary

The article presents the results of studying collection rare books and manuscripts library Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary. characteristics history its formation are given. was based on book fund Sverdlovsk Diocesan Administration from private donations. handwritten includes four copies XVI century: Ostrog Bible three editions Andronik Timofeyev Ignorant – Apostle in 1597 two Octoechos (2nd part) 1594. There more than forty XVII century fund: mainly Moscow Printing Yard “Lithuanian” ones “disgraced” teaching Gospel by Cyril Tranquillion, 1619; Synopsis Innokenty Gizel, 1680; Oktoikh second half century. earliest manuscript is 1630-1660, compiled Galicia, with numerous notes owner. XVIII represented Old Believers’ liturgical reading (“chetyi”) collections mixed composition. Collections canons, akathists, charters predominate among XIX Orthodox written tradition XIX–XX centuries educational literature musical scores. result research will be preparation catalogues XVII–XX old printing XVI–XVII collection.