The Glagolitic alphabet exhibition in the University library is a permanent exhibition with 127 items that each tell a story about the extensibility and importance of this alphabet both in Croatian and in European cultural history. The alphabet was created in the 9th century and was dedicated to Slavic peoples; its creators were Constantine (known as Cyril) and his older brother Methodius. The Glagolitic alphabet existed mostly on Croatian territory. Since the 12th century it has become the Croatian national alphabet. The exhibition confirms Rijeka as a geographical and cultural point where the powerful Glagolitic tradition of the closest surroundings meets. Here castings of stone inscriptions, photographs of enlarged literary and legal texts and inscriptions on frescoes can be found. Books published in the Glagolitic alphabet and portraits of reliable publishers such as the medieval Rijeka printer, Šimun Kožičić Benja can also be seen here.