Leisure and reading in notes on old Romanian book, Transylvania (17th-19th centuries)
In the following lines we will try to bring to the fore some aspects, certifying the increase of the percentage of those who begin to discover that constant reading, sometimes even the daily one, is a favourite way of spending one’s spare time. If Hungarian and Saxon chronicles, journals, various historical documents, guild statutes offer us valuable information regarding to the urban area, the notes on old Romanian book are important concerning the rural area. Some notes prove the fact that systematic reading becomes a favourite way of leisure. Lending a book to some relatives or to a stranger for a specific period of time, for a particular purpose (the habit of reading and writing) is not common.
Keywords: library, old romanian book, orthodox religious book, reading, notes