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INTRODUCTION
isintheseparatedthematicblockdedicatedtoRestorer’sperspective.
Theremarksonthetopicofcomplexwaysofidenticationofchosen
late-gothicbindingsfromthecollectionoftheUniversityLibraryin
WrocławwerepresentedbyWeronikaKarlakandKatarzynaŁabuz.
ArepresentativeofthecentreofconservationofbindingsinToruń,
MałgorzataPronobis-Gajdzisillustratedtheissueofatributionpos-
sibilitieswhicharegivenbyaninsightfulanalysisofthestructure,
andnotonlyofthedecorationofbindings.ArestorerfromElbląg,
EwaChlebus,focusedonthetechniqueofcreationofleatherand
parchmentbindingsasvaluable,howeverunderestimated,objectof
bookbindingresearch.Inturn,theprojectofconservation-restoration
ofbindingsfromthePeaceChurchinŚwidnicapromptedJolanta
CzuczkoandDorotaJutrzenka-Supryntosharetheirreflections
onthetopicofreconstructionandartisticcreationinconservator’s
practice.
Scienticandconservationalpresentationsofobjectsfromthecollection
oftheUniversityLibraryinToruńisthethematicblockthatclosesthe
conferencedeliberations.Apartofthemisconstitutedbytwotexts
whicharededicatedtoselectedcimeliaofmedievalandmodern
bookbinding,keptintheDepartmentofSpecialCollectionsofthis
branchoce.MartaCzyżak,asaspecialistinthefieldofmedie-
valmanuscripts,presentedeight,extremelyvaluableandrareon
Europeanscaleexamplesofgothicbookbindings.Inturn,thelate
employeeoftheLibraryofmanyyears’standing,MariaStrutyńska,
madeacharacterizationofthecimeliaoftheEuropeanRenaissance
andmanneristbookbinding,includingsuchrarebooksassilverbind-
ingsfromthelibraryofprinceAlbrechtofPrussia,orabindingfrom
thecollectionofJeanGrolier.
Naturally,thecombinationofproblemspresentedduringthe
conferenceandinpresentvolumedoesnotclosetheextraordinarily
opulentspectrumofbookbindingstudiesissues.Onthecontrary,
itshouldbestatedthatononehanditrevealsabulkofchallenges
facingthePolishresearchersofbindingsandontheotherthebe-
ginningofthewaywhichthenativebookbindingstudieshavebeen
followinginvariablysinceaboutonehundredyears.However,what
shouldbeexpressedhereisthehopethatthetextsputinthisvolume
wouldbecomeanimpulsetointensifytheworksonstocktaking,and
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