Catalogue of the Archbishops of Gniezno | |
---|---|
National Library of Poland | |
Also known as | Catalogus archiepiscoporum Gnesnensium |
Type | codex |
Date | 1531–1535 |
Place of origin | Kraków |
Language(s) | Latin |
Author(s) | Jan Długosz |
Illuminated by | Stanisław Samostrzelnik |
Patron | Piotr Tomicki |
Material | parchment |
Size | 31 cm × 24 cm (12.2 in × 9.4 in) |
Accession | Rps BOZ 5 |
Catalogue of the Archbishops of Gniezno ( Latin: Catalogus archiepiscoporum Gnesnensium) is an illuminated manuscript by Jan Długosz. It was illustrated by Stanisław Samostrzelnik. [1]
The Catalogue is a copy of a work written by Jan Długosz in 1460–1472. [2] It contains biographies of successive archbishops of Gniezno, the primates of Poland. [1] The manuscript was commissioned by Cracow Bishop Piotr Tomicki and produced between 1531 and 1535. [1] After the bishop's death, the manuscript became the property of his nephew, Primate Andrzej Krzycki. [2] A next owner, Jan Zamoyski, offered the manuscript to the library of the Zamoyski Academy. [2] It was transferred to the Library of the Zamoyski Estate at the beginning of the 19th century. [2] In 1944 it was taken from Warsaw to Goerbitsch by the Germans. [1] From there, the Russians transported it to Moscow. [1] It returned to the National Library of Poland in 1947. [1] Since May 2024, the manuscript has been exhibited at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth in Warsaw. [3] [1]
The author presented the archbishops of Gniezno and the bishops of Krakow in chronological order. [2] There are also informations on their families, activity and the churches they founded. [2]
The Catalogue's illuminations was done by Stanisław Samostrzelnik, his colleagues and imitators. [2] The manuscripts contains 46 full-page or half-page miniatures and 26 unfinished miniatures. [2] [4] Bishops are portrayed within various chambers, seated on thrones or stone benches, less often at the pulpit. [2] The miniatures feature the coats of arms of dignitaries, or sometimes the images of their patron saints. [2] The borders of some pages feature medallions images of Poland's old rulers. [2]
The manuscript page size is 31 cm × 24 cm (12.2 in × 9.4 in). [2] It has 145 leaves (290 pages). [4] [2]