A LESSON ABOUT TIME, WRITING, AND IDENTITY
There are encounters that are measured not in hours, but in questions. On January 14, 2026, the visit of the 11th-grade students from “George Barițiu” High School in Cluj-Napoca, accompanied by their philosophy and social sciences teacher, Ioana Ciovârnache, to the exhibition “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian Puzzle: Reconstructing Medieval Culture from Manuscript Fragments” was such […]
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ
There are moments when the past no longer remains a simple lesson from a textbook, but becomes an almost living breath, a whisper that can be heard if one learns how to listen. We invite you to experience such a moment during a guided tour of the exhibition FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval […]
A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: STUDENTS OF “GEORGE COȘBUC” NATIONAL COLLEGE DISCOVER MEDIEVAL CLUJ THROUGH MANUSCRIPTS
A group of students from “George Coșbuc” National College in Cluj-Napoca enjoyed a remarkable cultural experience on a day when they had the privilege of exploring the fascinating world of medieval manuscripts. Within the exhibition FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments, organized at the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca […]
THE SECRETS OF MANUSCRIPTS: A LIVING HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL CLUJ
We invite you to embark on a captivating journey through time, where each parchment leaf conceals an untold story of medieval Cluj. Throughout January 2025, the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch, Cluj-Napoca Branch, welcomes you on a fascinating journey into the past, offering guided tours of an exceptional exhibition of medieval manuscripts and […]
DISCOVER THE LOCAL PAST THROUGH WORDS AND IMAGES: GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ
We are delighted to invite you to a unique cultural experience within our exhibition of medieval books and manuscripts! Throughout January 2024, we invite you to join our bibliophiles for a series of guided tours designed to explore our fascinating exhibition of manuscript fragments reused in the 16th–17th centuries in the old schools of Cluj. […]
DEMONSTRATIVE WORKSHOP FOR BOOK BODY AND BOOK BINDING RESTORATION
Event date: Monday, January 19 this year, time slot 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Event location: Romanian Academy Library, Cluj-Napoca Branch About the event Four representatives of the Old Books National Conservation and Restoration Center within the Alba-Iulia National Unification Museum, whose activity is dedicated to the identification of the factors of damage to objects […]
DEMONSTRATIVE WORKSHOP OF MEDIEVAL CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING ON PAPER AND PARCHMENT
Event date: Monday, November 14 this year, time slot 8:30 – 11:00 Event location: Romanian Academy Library, Cluj-Napoca Branch With a solid medievalist training obtained as a former foreign student of the École Normale Supérieure and a scholarship holder of The Warburg Institute-London, Maison française d’Oxford and New Europe College-Bucharest and benefiting from a doctorate […]
WORKSHOP FOR THE PRESENTATION OF PARCHMENT PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Perfect successor of a long tradition of parchment production and processing, dating back to the beginning of the 14th century, Lucreția Miu, one of the very few masters of this increasingly rare craft in an age dominated by digital technologies, will coordinate two demonstration workshops in the framework of the exhibition organized within the project […]
OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION AT MAIHAUGEN MUSEUM IN LILLEHAMMER
Bjerkaker LearningLab, together with the Maihaugen Museum in Lillehammer, invites you to participate to the opening of an exhibition organized within the international project entitled “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle. Reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments” developed in partnership with the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch (Romania) and with the National Union Museum, Alba-Iulia (Romania). The […]
OPENING OF THE IN SITU EXHIBITION “A TRANSYLVANIAN PUZZLE: RECONSTRUCTING MEDIEVAL CULTURE FROM MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS”
Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 4:00 p.m Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch M. Kogălniceanu Street, no. 12-14 Thanks to the FRAGMED project – “A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments of codices”, financed by SEE Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Program, implemented by the Ministry of Culture – Project Management […]
Staff training
One aim of the FRAGMED project is to train the staff at the Romanian Academy Library in Cluj. The librarians will be initiated into studying fragments of medieval manuscripts. Thus, assoc. prof. Dr. habil. Adrian Papahagi (UBB-Cluj) held monthly training sessions with Dr. Bogdan Crăciun, head of Old Book Department at the Library. Project funded […]
Manuscript at Batthyaneum Library in Alba Iulia, Fragments in Cluj
Three fragments of an old manuscript are kept inside some volumes at the Academy Library in Cluj. At a certain point, they are reunited with the mother book, which is kept at Batthyaneum Library in Alba Iulia. The event was filmed in late August. (Next, one may watch a section from a documentary, displayed in […]
Genesis of a Heritage Object
Hereinafter one may watch a short film that introduces the FRAGMED project and the genesis of a new heritage object: Fragm. Cod. Lat. 12 from the Academy Library in Cluj.
Manuscript from Oradea found at Győr, Fragments in Cluj
Last week Adrian Papahagi was on the roads in Hungary and Austria. He was on the track of the medieval manuscripts originated from Transylvania and Crișana. The researcher from Cluj even made a documentary film. Next year it will be presented at the opening of an exhibition that displays restored fragments due to FRAGMED project […]
Report on Fragments at the Romanian Academy Library, Cluj–Napoca Office
The report deals with various methodological issues regarding the description of fragments from medieval manuscripts: text identification; date and location of fragments; recovery of original pages or bifolia (measures, paging, volume number, illustration and additional material); the origin, the location and the liturgical use; identification of fragments coming from the same manuscript (membra disjecta) that […]
Fragmentarium Conference by Adrian Papahagi
On Friday, the 26th of March, 2021, Adrian Papahagi, a member of the FRAGMED project, held a conference on the fragments of medieval manuscripts kept at the Academy Library in Cluj. The conference is part of a cycle that is organized by Fragmentarium project (Fribourg University, Switzerland) and it was watched live by over 80 […]
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A LESSON ABOUT TIME, WRITING, AND IDENTITY
January 15, 2026
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There are encounters that are measured not in hours, but in questions. On January 14, 2026, the visit of the 11th-grade students from “George Barițiu”
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ
January 5, 2026
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There are moments when the past no longer remains a simple lesson from a textbook, but becomes an almost living breath, a whisper that can
A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: STUDENTS OF “GEORGE COȘBUC” NATIONAL COLLEGE DISCOVER MEDIEVAL CLUJ THROUGH MANUSCRIPTS
January 20, 2025
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A group of students from “George Coșbuc” National College in Cluj-Napoca enjoyed a remarkable cultural experience on a day when they had the privilege of
THE SECRETS OF MANUSCRIPTS: A LIVING HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL CLUJ
January 8, 2025
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We invite you to embark on a captivating journey through time, where each parchment leaf conceals an untold story of medieval Cluj. Throughout January 2025,
DISCOVER THE LOCAL PAST THROUGH WORDS AND IMAGES: GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ
January 3, 2024
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We are delighted to invite you to a unique cultural experience within our exhibition of medieval books and manuscripts! Throughout January 2024, we invite you
Results
January 16, 2023
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As they were restored at the National Unification Museum, Alba Iulia, the manuscript fragments were digitized, described and published on the Fragmentarium website (click on
Proiect finanțat prin Granturile SEE 2014 – 2021 în cadrul Programului RO-CULTURA
This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants
2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme
The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. There are two overall objectives: reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion.
Further information available here:
www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro
RO-CULTURE is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management.
The total budget amounts to 34 million EUR. For more details: www.ro-cultura.ro
