Unter dem Titel „A guide to medieval manuscripts in Polish collections“ versammelt dieses Portal mittelalterliche Handschriften in öffentlichen und privaten polnischen Sammlungen:
The „Manuscripta.pl” project was initiated in autumn 2016. From the beginning, the project comprised an important part of the research agenda of the L. & A. Birkenmajer Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. With time, the project engendered the collaboration of the Institute of Art, PASc, Institute for Literary Research, PASc, and the Wrocław University Library. During the years 2017–2023, the activities of our Team were supported by a generous grant from the National Programme for the Development of the Humanities (Grant No. 11H 16 0084 84). Thanks to these funds our Team members were able to visit all the archives in Poland, which hold medieval manuscripts, and in 2022 launch the developed version of the website “Manuscritpa.pl: A guide to medieval manuscripts in Polish collections”. This new website finally provides professional scholars with a fully fledged database that integrates codicological data concerning medieval manuscripts, relevant repositories, bibliographic information, and links to scans of manuscripts available on digital libraries. The website also offers over-all information on medieval manuscripts as well as presentations of selected items of curiosity to the persons who are not professional historians, but are interested in cultural heritage.
The data in question could not be provided without the registration of all manuscript books kept in Polish collections that came into existence prior to ca. 1530. Under the term “manuscript books” we understand the handwritten forerunner of the modern printed book. Chancellery registers, judicial records etc., however important, are a separate subject, and hopefully will be treated by another project. The appearance of the moveable type did not immediately put an end to the handwritten book. In fact, the process of overshadowing it by its more modern printed version took considerable time; in some countries even several centuries. Research demonstrated that on Polish territories the changes brought about by the domination of the printed book stabilized in the appearance, production, and functions of the manuscript book only during the second quarter of the 16th century. Afterwards, the manuscript book was still present, but was a marginal phenomenon, and no longer resembled so closely its medieval predecessor. Yet, the boundary date of 1530 is only conventional. The user of our website will notice that sometimes it is transgressed.
Already planning “Manuscripta.pl”, we decided that all manifestations of the Polish medieval manuscript book must be considered. Hence, even if the majority of the records gathered during the first phase of the project consist of information concerning codices kept in Polish repositories, we foresaw three other pillars of the project: fragments, polonica, and data on the manuscripts lost.
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