Przedtrydenckie księgi liturgiczne pochodzenia czeskiego w bibliotekach polskich

Abstract

In 1850-1971 at the Catholic University of Lublin was carried out a stock-taking of the liturgical manuscripts reserved in Polish libraries. The number of liturgical codices after the reform of Trent estimated at 840. The main problem is the time of their origin and affiliation to a particular diocese or religious order. Owing to the already known criteria it was possible to distinguish 21 handwritten codices of the Prague and dioceses. As the author is the first to compare these codices, he first of all tries to demonstrate the grounds of their previous identification (W. Schenk, J. Zathey), and in 8 cases determines their origin himself, particularly those contained in the collections of Kraków, Gniezno and Kielce. Thus, all Polish libraries contain 5 Prague and 2 Olomonc missals, 4 Prague breviaries, a gradual, a calendar and a litany, which, together with the 24 copies of printed missals and breviaries from these dioceses (11 editions) constitute rich comparative material for the studies of liturgy in Poland. E.g. an interesting problem constitute the traces of assimilation of certain elements of liturgical tradition of the Prague cathedral, contained in the books of Kraków liturgy (last quarter of 15th cent.), nonexistent in Wrocław. The author also mentions two extant ‘evengeliary’ codices of Brevnow (end of 11th cent.; the so-called Gniezno and Pułtusk evangeliaries), a pontifical of 14th cent, and 4 antiphonaries (the only relicts of the Carmelite liturgy in Poland).