Księgozbiory kolegiów kanonickich archidiakonatu wojnickiego do 1786 roku
The book collections belonging to the colleges of canons in the archdeaconry of Wojnicz until 1786

Summary/Abstract: The two collegiate churches existing in the archdeaconry of Wojnicz, in Wojnicz and Bobowa, possessed their own libraries with a similar number of books: the collegiate church in Wojnicz had 77 titles and the one in Bobowa around 50 titles. The core collections of both libraries comprised books on theology, preaching, philosophy, law and history. The Wojnicz collection acquired a special significance thanks to numerous fifteenth-century books in the surviving Gothic and Renaissance bindings which are of great value and only slightly damaged by the passage of time. Although these two libraries were established at different times (Wojnicz in 1465 and Bobowa in 1529) and circumstances, they both collected books related to pastoral work, particularly visible in the case of Bobowa. In the case of the collegiate church in Wojnicz, a number of valuable books were in the possession of canons, who collected them for their studies and work at the university, and then bequeathed them to the libraries of the collegiate churches. Undoubtedly, the library in Wojnicz ranked among the most significant book collections in terms of its content and the time of publication, while the one in Bobowa definitely served pragmatic purposes.

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