Z badań nad biblioteką biskupa Janowskiego

Abstract

Bishop Florian Amand Janowski, the first bp of Tarnów, has got until this moment no elaborated monograph. Nobody also has paid attention to his library, composed of books, which he collected during the time, when he was abbot in Tyniec (older books), and later, when he was bishop of Tarnów (newer ones). After the death of bp Janowski, his books, left by him in Tyniec, had been included into the local library. In 1817, when the abbey had been supressed, several books of bp Janowski, as well as a part of the Tyniec library, became property of the Tarnów Seminary, in which there were already other books, belonging to the Bishop. At present there are in Tarnów Seminary 8 books, signed with “Ex libris“ bp Janowski. Some of them have also a second seal of the Tyniec library. Only one of these books is marked “Collegii S.J. ad Sm. Joannem“. May be this book got there after the supression of the Jesuite Order. Important are also the smaller printed papers, because they give to the reader not only a better understanding of the history of the Benedictine Monks in Poland, but, thanks to the dedications in these papers, one gets acquanited whit many events of bp Janowski life. To this category belongs: “Congregatio Benedictino – Polona Abbatum, Praelatorum et Monachorum“ issued in 1774 by I. Schwarz. It contains a concise history of each abbey, as well as “Form a gregis... de dotibus et qualitatibus in qualibet superiore ad regim en assum pto requisitis“ with a dedication of Kieszkowski. 5 speeches of A. Kanty Sieczkowski have an unusually long dedication, written on 20 pages. Among the books of bp Janowski there are also some smaller Polish papers, such as sermons, speeches etc.