Zespół opraw modlitewników prezentowanych na Pierwszej Wystawie Współczesnej Sztuki Kościelnej im. Piotra Skargi w Krakowie w 1911 roku
The set of prayer book covers presented at the First Piotr Skarga Exhibition of Contemporary Church Art in Kraków in 1911

Summary/Abstract: In 1911 the City Museum of Technology and Industry organized two courses for bookbinders under the direction of the famous Kraków bookbinder Bonawentura Lenart. The works made during the second course, in which ten journeymen participated, were presented at the Piotr Skarga First Exhibition of Contemporary Church Art, which opened on December 7 of the same year. A total of 30 bookbinding works were exhibited - 25 were made by the course participants and 5 by Bonawentura Lenart. Comparing the list of exhibited works - bound prayer books - with today’s collections of the National Museum in Krakow, it can be said that currently 16, that is more than half of the works exhibited in 1911, are in the Museum’s collection. The article describes the covers made during the course and then presented at the exhibition.

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