Judyta Zamrzycka, Toruń’s bookbinders from the 15th to the16th/17th centuries – the typology of technical features of the trade

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https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2017.016

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bookbinders, Toruń, the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, bookbinding workshops, Nicolaus Copernicus Public Provincial Library in Toruń, State Archive in Toruń, incunables, manuscripts, binding

Abstract

The text discusses and reviews the work by Judyta Zamrzycka titled Introligatorzy toruńscy od XV do XVI/XVII wieku – typologia cech warsztatowych, which was published in 2014. The construction of the work is quite interesting. One-third of the content of the book constitutes the documentation base, which is the result of the query. The remaining two-thirds of the publication include the theoretical part and the overview of the findings. Judyta Zamrzycka examined incunables and prints from the collections of the Copernicus Regional Public and Municipal Library in Toruń (altogether 148 volumes) and manuscripts from the State Archive in Toruń (in total 8 volumes). The book by Judyta Zamrzycka deserves to be praised owing to the comparative method of the analysis of the covers of manuscripts and incunables and the research on bookbinding workshops in the Polish territories.

Author Biography

Krzysztof Kopiński, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Institute of History and Archival Science

Dr hab. Krzysztof Kopiński is the deputy head of the Institute of History and Archival Studies of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He is interested in computer methods applied in editing of historical sources, the information system of state archives, the digitalization of archives and medieval history, particularly the history of Toruń. He is the author of many publications and editor of sources such as: Gospodarcze i społeczne kontakty Torunia z Wrocławiem w późnym średniowieczu (Toruń 2005); Księga ławnicza Starego Miasta Torunia (1456–1479), published with J. Tandecki (Toruń 2007); Księgi Młodego Miasta Gdańska 1400–1455 [1458–1459], published with P. Oliński (Toruń 2008); Herbarz patrycjatu toruńskiego, t. 1–2, along with K. Mikulski (Toruń 2008–2015). He is the Head of the Historical Committee of the Society of Lovers of Toruń, a member of the Association of Polish Archivists and the Scientific Society in Toruń.

References

Birkenmajer, Aleksander i Bronisław Kocowski i Jan Trzynadlowski, red. 1971. Encyklopedia wiedzy o książce. Wrocław: Zakład Nar. im. Ossolińskich.

Gwioździk, Jolanta. 2001. Biblioteka panien benedyktynek łacińskich we Lwowie (XVI–XVIII wiek). Katowice: Wydaw. UŚ.

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2017-11-15

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Kopiński, K. (2017). Judyta Zamrzycka, Toruń’s bookbinders from the 15th to the16th/17th centuries – the typology of technical features of the trade. Folia Toruniensia, 17, 253–259. https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2017.016

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Vol. 17 (2017)

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