The treasure of the Silver Mountain. The book collection of the Bielany Camaldolese monastery in Cracow, deposited in the Jagiellonian Library Cover Image

Skarb ze Srebrnej Góry. Depozyt kamedułów z krakowskich Bielan w Bibliotece Jagiellońskiej
The treasure of the Silver Mountain. The book collection of the Bielany Camaldolese monastery in Cracow, deposited in the Jagiellonian Library

Author(s): Jacek Partyka
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Biblioteka Jagiellońska
Keywords: Camaldolese monastery library; Bielany; Kraków; Jagiellonian Library; early printed books

Summary/Abstract: This article is a reworked and extended version of the author’s paper presented at the conference “The book collection of the Camaldolese monastery of Bielany, now in the Jagiellonian Library”, held in Kraków in February 2013. The article provides an overview of the characteristics of the Bielany library, with a brief glimpse into the history of that collection, some references to the previous owners of the books, and basic information about the contents of the library. It also shows how the book collection was catalogued and is now available via the web interface of the library catalogue.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 131-141
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish