Rękopisy ze zbioru Józefa Wandalina Mniszcha (1670–1747), marszałka wielkiego koronnego

Abstract

The article concerns the manuscript books from the collection of Józef Wandalin Mniszech (1670–1747), Grand Marshall of the Crown in the years 1713–1742, and Cracow castellan from 1742. It was one of the largest collections of that kind, developed in the Saxion times by a State dignitary; it amounted to approximately 50–60 manuscripts. The studies, mostly from autopsy, are concluded with the statement that the core of the collection consisted of manuscripts concerning current public life, as well as those relevant for Mniszech’s official functions, wrote in his environment since at least the 20ties of the 18th century, but also acquired by donations (presumably also purchases) from different persons. Moreover, a valuable part of the collection includes manuscripts from the 16th–17th centuries inherited from his father, Jerzy Jan (died 1692), Volyn voivode, concerning mostly historical and political topics. The main part of this collection is now stored in the Ossoliński National Institute Library in Wrocław, the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, and in Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kyiv.