Inwentarze kościoła i klasztoru bernardynów w Gwoźdźcu z 1855 r.
The 1855 inventories of the Bernardine Church and Monastery in Hvizdets

Summary/Abstract: Founded in the 17th century, the Bernardine Monastery in Hvizdets (Gwoździec) found itself under the Austrian Habsburg rule in 1772. The Austrian authorities required frequent inventory taking, even every few years. The Hvizdets Bernardines did compile such inventories, but they have not survived in the Bernardine archives. What has survived is an 1855 inventory commissioned by the Bernardine provincial. In subsequent years the monks only added to it losses and acquisitions. The inventories were taken personally by the Bernardines from the monastery. Next, a commission made up of representatives of the order’s authorities verified the compliance of the inventory with the actual state affairs, with the commission members putting their signatures and seals to the document. The inventories were used by Bernardine provincials to control the financial status of the various monasteries. In addition, the inventories were presented and approved during provincial chapters.

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