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In medieval Latin »Valvasor« or »Valvasore« held the meaning »the carrier of the feud«. In western Europe its use can be traced back to the…

Valvasor’s Youth

Mid 17th century Europe was beset by upheavals that defined formative years of Valvasor’s life: the religious dissension and the anti-reformation backlash, the plague, the…

Knighthood and Arrival at the Bogensperk Castle

After his return home, Valvasor acquired the title of Baron. The Valvasor family had received it in 1667. He also took a major step –…

Establishing the Graphic Institution

The period between 1672 and 1677 was significant in Valvasor’s life. During this time his enormous passion for presenting to the world his home country…

Exploration of the Duchy of Carniola

A year after his visit to Venice in 1679, Valvasor started preparing the publication of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. On 23rd February…

Magnum Opus

The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre des Herzogthums Crain / Slava Vojvodine Kranjske) is the last of Valvasor’s published work and by…

Untimely Death

With the publication of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola the creative part of Valvasor’s life is ended. Some books were not printed because…

Featured Bibliography

0July 31, 2010
Iconotheca Valvasoriana

Iconotheca Valvasoriana is the limited edition facsimile of Valvasor Collection of Graphic Arts that was published in 2008 by the Janez Vajkard Valvasor Foundation at…
0April 27, 2010
Theatrum Mortis Humanae tripartitum, 1682

Full title: Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum: figuris aeneis illustratum : das ist: Schau – Bühne des menschlichen Todts in drey Theil: mit schönen Kupffer –…
0April 24, 2010
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.1, 1689

The first part of the monumental edition consists of Books I-IV and all together there are 752 pages, 54 pictures, 4 appendices and the stress…
0April 23, 2010
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.2, 1689

The books from V to VIII are the second part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, with 836 pages of text, two pages…
0April 22, 2010
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.3, 1689

Books IX to XI are the third part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. They consist of altogether 1,128 pages and 2 pages…
0April 21, 2010
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.4, 1689

The last part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (with the exception of Book XII which is added) is partly historical in content…

Featured Events

Iconotheca Valvasoriana received by the State Library of Victoria

Posted on October 1, 2010 | No Comments
The ceremony of the gifting of the 17 volume facsimile collection named Iconotheca Valvasoriana to the State Library of Victoria, was held in the evening...
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State Library of Victoria to receive facsimile of European masters print collection

Posted on August 9, 2010 | No Comments
During his first official visit to Australia the Minister for Slovenes Abroad of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Boštjan Žekš will hand over the collection...
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Iconotheca Valvasoriana presented to National Library of China

Posted on July 13, 2010 | No Comments
Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor visited Beijing on 23 June to symbolically hand over the first of 17 volumes of the Iconotheca Valvasoriana collection to...
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