Gőthingen or Berlin - on the possibility to find the lost medieval manuscripts from the Seminary Library in Płock Cover Image

Getynga lub Berlin - o możliwościach odnalezienia zaginionego średniowiecznego księgozbioru rękopiśmiennego z Biblioteki Seminarium Duchownego w Płocku
Gőthingen or Berlin - on the possibility to find the lost medieval manuscripts from the Seminary Library in Płock

Author(s): Norbert Gołdys
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Archiving, WW II and following years (1939 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Płock; Królewiec; Getynga; Berlin; Seminary Library in Płock; medieval manuscripts; Old Bible from Płock; Deposite 39/1-2;

Summary/Abstract: The announcement outlines the history of the collections of the Library of the Theological Seminary in Płock in the 20th century, with particular emphasis on their fate during the Second World War and in the period following its end. The aim of the communication is to indicate a possible route by which approximately 150 medieval manuscripts, looted by the Germans from Płock, were transferred from Königsberg to Göttingen and Berlin, as a premise for undertaking archival and library searches aimed at locating this missing collection.

  • Issue Year: 20/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-142
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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