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INTRODUCTION
minorrepresentatives,stylisticandtechnicaltransformationsinits
decoration,nottomentionthecollectionofbindingsinourcountry,
isembarrassinglylow.
Inthefaceoftheoutlinedphenomena,duringthesummerof
2014,theInstituteofScienceInformationandBookStudiesinToruń
incooperationwiththeUniversityLibraryinToruńorganisedthe
firstbookbindingstudiesconferenceinPoland.Accordingtothe
demandsarticulatedatthistime,itsaimwastoconsolidateofnative
tegumentologiststhroughexchangeofexperiencesandpresentation
ofworkresults,whichwasoriginallysupposedtoprovidebasisfor
furtherscientificinitiatives.Theconference,whichwasunderthe
auspicesofamongothersthehonourableauspiceoftheMinistry
ofScienceandHigherEducationandtheauspiceofthePolishLi-
brarians’Association,wasatendedbybarelyseventyspeakersand
listenerswhowererepresentativesofnearlyallthemostimportant
universities,libraries,archivesandmuseums.Duringtwodays
ofdeliberations,theylistenedtoovertwentypapersandreleases,
whichwereaccompaniedbythepresentationsofthemostimportant
collectionsofUniversityLibraryinToruń,andalsothedisplaysof
restorers’works.
Theherebyvolumeofstudiespresentsaselectionofthetopics
thenpresented,orderedaccordingtofivethematicblocks,madefor
theneedsofconference.Thefirst,underthetitleTheoreticalissues,
beginswiththetextoftheoutstandingresearcherofoldbookin
Prussia,ProfessorJanuszTondel,whoatemptedtodiagnosethe
conditionofPolishtegumentologyofthelastquarterofthecentury,
aswellastooutlinethemainchallengesthatithastofaceinthe
nearestfuture.ThearticlebyElżbietaPokorzyńskaAbouttheneed
ofdictionaryofbookbindingstudiescharacterisespreviousatemptsof
makingthePolishvocabularyoftegumentologicalterms,locating
themagainstthebackgroundofsimilarundertakingsinEuropeand
theworld.
AnotherthematicblockisdiscussesProblemapproaches,withinthe
frameworkofwhichthefiguresofsomemedievalandmodernbook-
bindersandtheiremployersaredescribedaswellastheformal-sty-
listicchangesindecorationandthemarkingoftheownershipof
thevolumes.ArkadiuszWagneroutlinedtheissueofextraordinary
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