Księgozbiór klasztoru dominikańskiego w Krasnymborze w XVIII wieku
The library of the Dominican Monastery in Krasnybór in the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The Dominican monastery in Krasnybór in Trakai voivodeship was founded in 1684 by Konstancja Chreptowiczowa of Dolscy, Samuel Litawor Chreptowicz, the Ensign of Starodubow’s widow and her son Andrzej. It was a small Dominican convent affiliated with the Lithuanian Guardian Angel province, which functioned on the border of the Polish Crown and Lithuania. Since its creation, the monks tried to gather an appropriate book collection. We can explore the 18th century’s Dominican Library of Krasnybór thanks to the preserved Acts of the General Consistory of the Augustów Diocese, currently stored in the Diocesan Archive in Łomża. The contents of the book collection indicate that it was to serve the religious and spiritual advancement and the monks’ pastoral work. A significant part of the monastery’s library was theological and homiletic literature. It was supporting preaching and missionary activities. The Dominicans in Krasnybór also took care of the Marian painting (the painting of Our Lady of the Rosary), which also influenced the contents of the book collection. The convent also gathered literature that can be described as polemical. It is worth mentioning that the discussed Dominican library contains several very valuable writing monuments.

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