The collection of books of the Preacher Brethren of Piotrków Trybunalski in the 16th–18th century Cover Image

Księgozbiór klasztoru Braci Kaznodziejów w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim w XVI–XVIII w.
The collection of books of the Preacher Brethren of Piotrków Trybunalski in the 16th–18th century

Author(s): Tomasz Stolarczyk
Subject(s): Social history, 16th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii UJK - Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
Keywords: dominicans; Piotrków Trybunalski; library; 17th–18th century

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is the reconstruction an Old Polish book col-lection which was once stored in a conventual library of Dominicans from Piotrków. A typical for monastic libraries scheme of classifica-tion will be applied here, as it is based on original library inventories from the first half of XVII century, that will be further presented in detail, as well as on preserved books of Piotrkow province spreadamong various Polish libraries. Maciej Sysyniusz (“Kąkol”) – the greatest donor of local convent of Preacher Brethren library will be also briefly presented in this paper.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 71-91
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish