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Shagon Littafin Moravia

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Shagon Littafin Moravia

Shagon Littattafai na Moravian kantin sayar da littattafai ne da ke Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Cocin Moravian ne ya kafa shi a cikin 1745 kuma ya yi iƙirarin kasancewa mafi tsufa kantin sayar da littattafai a Amurka kuma na biyu mafi tsufa a duniya.[1] (Livraria Bertrand a Lisbon, Portugal, wanda aka buɗe tun 1732, shine kantin sayar da littattafai mafi tsufa a duniya.)[2]

Shagon Littafin Moravian, tun daga watan Yuni 2018, kuma gida ne ga kantin sayar da littattafai na ɗaliban Kwalejin Moravian. A cikin 2018, Cocin Moravian Lardin Arewa ya tunkari Kwalejin Moravian yana neman siyar da kantin sayar da kantin don ba da amanar gadon Shagon Littafin ga mai shi a cikin "Iyalin Moravian" kuma ya ci gaba da mai da hankali kan ikilisiyoyinsu 85. A halin yanzu kantin sayar da littattafai mallakar Kwalejin Moravian ne tare da ayyukan yau da kullun na Barnes & Noble College masu siyar da littattafai.[3]

A cikin 1745, Bishop Augustus Spangenberg na Cocin Moravian ya tuhumi Samuel Powell, wani ma'aikacin masauki a Kudancin Baitalami, ya buɗe da sarrafa kantin sayar da littattafai. A cikin shekarunsa na farko, kantin sayar da kayan aiki don biyan bukatun cocin, shigo da sayar da kayan ibada da na liturgical don masu zuwa coci, masu mishan, da ɗalibai. A cikin ƙarni na gaba, an ƙaura kantin sayar da kayayyaki zuwa wurare da yawa, ciki har da, na ɗan lokaci, zuwa Philadelphia, inda ya kasance a matsayin mai siyarwa da buga littattafai.[4]

A cikin 1871, an koma kantin sayar da kantin zuwa wani gini kusa da Cocin Moravian ta Tsakiya akan Babban Titin a Baitalami. Shagon ya mamaye sarari iri ɗaya har zuwa yau, kodayake ya faɗaɗa sau da yawa a cikin shekaru 140 da suka shige kuma yanzu ya cika ƙafar murabba'in 14,000 (1,300 m2) a cikin gine-gine huɗu. Yanzu haka kantin sayar da littattafai mallakar Asusun Fansho na Ministoci na lardin Arewa na Cocin Moravian ne kuma kwamitin gudanarwa wanda cocin ke nada shi ne ke kula da shi.[5]

A cikin 2015, kantin sayar da ya buɗe wurin tauraron dan adam na farko a cikin Center City Allentown a matsayin wani ɓangare na hadaddun Cibiyar Biyu. An rufe wurin a watan Mayu 2017 don sake mai da hankali kan wurin Baitalami kuma sauran hajoji sun koma wurin.[6]

Shagon Littafin Moravian yana da sashin littafi wanda ya haɗa da mafi kyawun masu siyar da indie, littattafan kasuwanci, da zaɓi littattafan da ke nuna tarihin Moravia, Baitalami, Baitalami Karfe, Kwarin Lehigh da Pennsylvania. Bugu da kari, Shagon Littattafai na Moravian yana siyarwa da siyan littattafan karatu na ɗalibai. Shagon Littafin ya kuma tanadi kayan sawa na Kwalejin Moravian da kayan kyauta, littattafan tunani, kayan rubutu da kayan fasaha, katunan gaisuwa, alewa, da kayan taimako na lafiya da kyau. Bugu da kari, kididdigar ta hada da kyaututtukan gargajiya na Moravian- da Baitalami da na kwalejin- da kuma littattafan tsofaffin ɗalibai. Shagon kuma yana karbar bakuncin karatun mako-mako da kungiyoyin tattaunawa da abubuwan da suka faru kowane wata tare da marubuta.[7]

Taurarin Moravia

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Shagon ya ƙware wajen siyar da ɗaruruwan taurarin Moravian, wanda kuma ake kira Advent Stars, waɗanda aka fara kera su a Jamus na ƙarni na 19. Taurari mai maki 26 ana samar da su ne ta salo da yawa kuma an kera su ta wasu kayayyaki daban-daban. Wadannan za a ci gaba da samar da su tare da canjin ikon mallakar[8].

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  2. Jeff O'Neal (2013-06-26). "The Oldest Bookstore in the World: The Bertrand Bookstore in Lisbon". Bookriot.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07
  3. "FAQs". Moravian Book Shop. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. Kawaguchi, Karen, "Moravian Book Shop Evolves Through History", Publishers Weekly, June 28, 1999
  5. Kawaguchi, Karen, "Moravian Book Shop Evolves Through History", Publishers Weekly, June 28, 1999
  6. Wagaman, Andrew (May 12, 2017). "Moravian Book Shop to close Allentown shop". The Morning Call. Tribune Media. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. Moravian Book Shop website
  8. John-Hall, Annette, "Just Now, Bethlehem is no 'Little Town'". The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 13, 1996, p. E01.