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The article aims to research documents and archival files — mostly inventories and library registers of collections of magnates, noblemen, and townsmen, with special emphasis on Lviv as the capital of the Ruthenian Province. In Lviv cashbooks, there are notes on successive bindings of administrative and judicial books, file books, as well as librarian prints and manuscripts belonging to the Lviv City Council book collection.
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The year 1983 saw the creation of "Studia Bibliologiczne" ["Bibliological Studies"], a scientific organ of the Library Science and Scientific Information Institute of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The publishing house has been created as an initiative of Adam W. Jarosz, the then director of the institute. 19 volumes have been published until the year 2011. 79 articles on issues of Silesia and Zagłębie (almost a third of the materials) studies published within "Studia Bibliologiczne" have been analyzed. Based on the pattern taken from “Polska Bibliografia Bibliologiczna”, the author examines publications devoted to bibliology (4), bibliography (1), the structure and history of books (17), book manufacturing (22), librarianship (27), and the use of books (6). Two texts were included in the “varia” category. The study has revealed the richness of themes raised by the authors, which are a reflection of research interests in the field of Polish bibliology and information science.
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The purpose of the article is an analysis of methods of mass de-acidification in the Katowice National Archive, which begun on September 1st, 2007. Over half of the archival materials kept in storehouses was created in second part of the 19th century and is endangered by acidic degradation. In 2007, by the decision of the Chief National Archive Director, anindependent 6th Department of Resource Conservation, Protection and Mass Paper De-acidification, headed by Katarzyna Kwaśniewicz. Its tasks, apart from singular and mass conservation, include the digitalization and microfilming of archive resources.
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The purpose of this work is the presentation of rules of conservation of library collections based on solutions implemented in the Józef Piłsudski Central Military Library in Warsaw. The article describes the legal basis regulating the protection of national goods endangered during warfare and as a result of natural disasters. It also presents the specificity of collections in libraries of the Polish Armed Forces. It deals at length with the functioning of the Central Military Library and the achievements of its workers, as well as initiatives aimed at the protection of cultural goods they are in charge of. The author aims to point the reader’s attention to the specificity of military-related goods in the country, as well as delineate the absolute necessity of protection of resources of Polish libraries of various types by creating suitable conditions of securing the most valuable positions in the case of war and natural disasters.
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The subject of the author’s deliberations are letters of dedication written for Anna Jagiellon, present in two Jesuit works propagating the cult of saints: the third part of the Greater Catholic Postil by Jakub Wujek and Hagiography by Piotr Skarga. Particular attention is devoted to the image of the daughter of Sigismund I the Old created in references, where the future queen of Poland was presented as a devout Catholic, supporting the activities of the Jesuit Society. The treatise accentuates the apologetic character of letters of dedication and presents arguments used by Skarga and Wujek to convince the readers (during the times of fierce religious disputes) of the validity of worshiping of saints. The work also accentuates the fact that the extremely devout representative of the Jagiellon dynasty was treated by the two leading “swordsmen” of the Counter-Reformation as the personification of the “antiquity” of the Roman denomination in Poland — a country faithful to the Catholic Church throughout the ages.
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The article describes bookbinding branding knurls used for decoration of leather covers of books in the light of tools and compositions used in the history of bookbinding, with an attempt to present their coherence with works and art of Renaissance. There are many valuable, unique books on the shelves of the Jasna Góra Antique Library in Częstochowa. Among 16th century codices, there is a large group of covers with ornaments created using the bookbinding knurls.
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The article is a presentation of the artistic patronage of the duchess, the wife of Stanisław Lubomirski, with special emphasis on her achievements in creating a library in the Łańcut Castle and the remodeling of the residence. Thanks to her bibliophile interests, the library became an integral part of the duchess’ patronage. Increasing the library collection fourfold and her passion in completing the collection, organizing a music library etc. prove that she was one of the very few laudable bibliophile women and a creator of a library with a wide thematic and genological profile.
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The article presents the activities and accentuates the prominent role of priests Paweł (1869—1950, the parish priest in Michałkowice in Upper Silesia, national and plebiscitary activist) and the younger Jan (1886—1970) Brandys. They advocated uniting Silesia with Poland; apart from ecclesial work, they participated in wide social and political activities: Paweł in the parliamentary field, first as a representative in the parliament of the II German Reich, elected from the Koło Polskie list, and later — as a Christian Democrat senator of the reborn II Polish Republic; Jan in the military field, as a soldier and chaplain of Silesian Uprisings and the Polish Army. They were both engaged in public life, guided by the social doctrines of the Church, especially after the publishing of the encyclical Rerum novarum of Pope Leon XIII (May 15th, 1891).
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Gas chromatography allows to identify and quantify natural organic compounds present in glues of antique library materials, as well as products of their alterations. Familiarity with this data allows to compile the data on the bases of the antique library material natural ageing process mechanism. Such data facilitates making decisions on the scope of maintenance and selection of natural materials and modern substitutes.
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The article presents book bindings in the Radziwiłł collection, mainly based on preserved catalogues. The largest amount of information covers various copies of the Bible. They were opulently bound and stored in the treasury, but also in mobile and personal libraries. Copies offered to kings and other notables were bound in velvet and silver. The value of various editions of the Bible is also manifested by prices exhibited alongside descriptions in the Salomon Rysiński library inventory. The considerable registry of the Nieśwież library from the year 1651, Jan Hanowicz noted many interesting details related to book bindings. He described the fabric (leather, satin, silk, paper, parchment), sometimes distinguished the type of wood (sycamore boards), and added information on fittings. There are also interesting notes on the condition of books in the 17th century — some were already dirty, rotten, and incomplete. In the Biržaiinventory, we can also find information on bindings, especially of books stored in the cabinet of curiosities. The creator of the Nieborów library — Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł — not only designated a unique location for his collection, but also gathered books bound by European bookbinding masters. Some copies from the Radziwiłł collection remained in library collections to this day; in their contemporary descriptions, bindings are also included.
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The microbiological hazard assessment has been made based on prints from the collection of 16th century books in the Count Wiktor Baworowski Foundation Library in Lviv. Items with significant signs of microorganism impact have been selected (80 books total). The collection is in good microbiological condition, a statement confirmed by the fact that among volumes selected for analysis, only eight cases of flourishing mycelium have been detected. Eleven types of fungi have been designated.
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