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Early books in the library of the parish of St John the Baptist in Bychawa

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Bielak W., Kisilowska-Szurmińska M.

Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi

2023

vol. 17

issue 3

337-355

Although the parish of St John the Baptist in Bychawa is one of the oldest in the Lublin diocese, because its origins date back at least to the beginning of the 14th century, its library in the Old Polish period was very modest. This was caused by the following unfavourable historical conditions: the takeover of the church by Calvinists in the 16th century, difficulties with the restoration of the seized property, Cossack invasions, etc. For these reasons, until the end of the 17th century, the parish owned only necessary liturgical books, with the possible exception of those that had been donated by the parish priest Sebastian Piatkowski to his nephew as payment for his care in the 1930s; however, we have no detailed information about them. It was not until the 18th century that the book collection was enriched with non-liturgical books. These mainly included collections of sermons by Polish or foreign authors, maxims and prayer books, all serving pastoral work. Many of these books cannot be identified due to the general descriptions left by parish inspectors or damage to the codices. Most of the early printed books preserved to this day were possessed by private individuals, and a large number of them came from the libraries of monasteries liquidated after 1863. There are 29 of them, all basically in need of conservation.

„Heri et hodie”. Chełmskie akta biskupie i konsystorskie według spisu zdawczo-odbiorczego z 1743 roku a obecny stan ich zachowania w Archiwum Archidiecezjalnym Lubelskim

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Marczewski J. M.

Archiwa, Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne

2014

vol. 101

129-140

In 1743 Canon Józef Ludwik Balicki drew up an inventory of the documents transferred to the Archive of the Cathedral Chapter in Krasnystaw. Those materials came from the office of the bishops of Chełm and the Consistory of Chełm. The inventory has been published in the following article. Are the materials listed in the inventory in the folds of the Archdiocesan Archives of Lublin now? And to what extent have they been preserved? The findings, done on the basis of the comparative analysis, lead to several conclusions of a more general nature. A positive surprise is the fact that most of those materials have been preserved. Of the thirty-five items listed in Canon Balicki’s inventory only six are missing in today’s records of the archive. It enables the author to propose a theory of competent handling the entrusted materials, in spite of the rapid institutional changes and the adverse circumstances in history. There are only little chronological discrepancies in the books in relation to their description in the register. It is possible that these differences arise not so much from the material losses, but from a cursory inspection and consequently wrong description of the material once done by its author. Distinct differences exist, however, in the external appearance of the books, namely the binding of the volumes.

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1 Marczewski J. M.

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Early books in the library of the parish of St John the Baptist in Bychawa

„Heri et hodie”. Chełmskie akta biskupie i konsystorskie według spisu zdawczo-odbiorczego z 1743 roku a obecny stan ich zachowania w Archiwum Archidiecezjalnym Lubelskim