Published: 2022-12-30

Monastic and church libraries in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the light of the 1831 Course in Bibliography by Łukasz Gołębiowski (1773-1849)

Jacek Puchalski
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.16

Abstract

Knowledge of the bibliography (book studies) curriculum in Poland in the first half of the 19th century is expanded by the “Course in bibliography” – a lecture prepared in 1831 for students at Warsaw University by a historian, folklorist, translator, publisher and librarian Łukasz Gołębiowski (1773-1849). It was edited by Jacek Puchalski and Elżbieta Maruszak (bibliography, indexes) under the scientific editorship of Barbara Bieńkowska and published in 2017. The manuscript and editorial output of Ł. Gołębiowski were appreciated already in the 19th century. His library work and the information contained in his “Course in Bibliography” are fundamental to our knowledge of manuscript codices once held in Polish libraries, especially in monasteries. The article presents and discusses the part of the “Course in Bibliography” which contains information on the number of books taken from monastic and church libraries in 1819, including volumes confiscated from those convents which did not undergo dissolution. Special attention is given to the Augustinian library in Warsaw, since it was one of those libraries that did not suffer from book requisitions and was briefly described by Ł. Gołębiowski on the basis of the catalogue compiled in 1810.

Keywords:

history of libraries, monastic and church libraries, Public Library at the University of Warsaw, 19th century

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Puchalski, J. (2022). Monastic and church libraries in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the light of the 1831 Course in Bibliography by Łukasz Gołębiowski (1773-1849). Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(2), 218–228. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.16

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