SUPEREKSLIBRISY W BIBLIOTECE KAPITUŁY KIELECKIEJ
SUPRALIBROS IN THE BOOK COLLECTION OF THE KIELCE CHAPTER

Summary/Abstract: The historic Kielce chapter book collection includes 42 incunabula and more than 300 prints from the 16th–18th centuries. These include library (mainly theological) books and liturgical books. These prints are kept in the Library of the Higher Seminary in Kielce as an integral and autonomous collection unmixed with the seminary’s book collection. A small part of the book collection – the most valuable three liturgical manuscripts are kept in the cathedral treasury in Kielce. Supralibros were discovered in these two parts of the book collection. The negative search concerned 29 library manuscripts (14th–15th centuries) stored in the Library of the Kielce Higher Seminary in the chapter collection, as well as various scattered prints and manuscripts included in the collection of prints and seminary manuscripts of Kielce chapter provenance. However, these books include no volumes with supralibros. In the study of the book collection, 14 supralibros were selected. They belonged to 13 owners. Of the 14 bookplates, as many as 10 have been identified as associated with 9 bibliophiles. Four bookplates remain unidentified. The aforementioned bibliophiles include the bishops of Kraków. Furthermore, supralibros of bishops of other dioceses (Gniezno, Poznań and Chełmno) have also been preserved. Among the clergy more closely associated with the Kielce Chapter, Rev. Wojciech Strzemeski stood out, possessing two recognized supralibros. The preserved bookplates are valuable material in the study of supralibros. The surveyed supralibros of Kielce are mostly unknown examples of bookplates in early and mature Renaissance, then Mannerist forms; works from later times are poorly represented. A catalogue of supralibros has been added to the analytical text of the article. The structure of the catalogue and photographic material refers to the forms of description and dissemination of knowledge of Polish supralibros developed in scientific research.

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