Katalog średniowiecznych fragmentów pergaminowych w zbiorach Archiwum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Część I: Fragmenty zawarte w zbiorach rękopisów i spuścizn

Abstrakt

This paper presents an extensive catalogue of 17 medieval parchment fragments housed in the Jagiellonian University Archives. The primary research objective was to identify and catalogue these fragments, many of which have been reused in later manuscripts or documents (“in situ” fragments). The brief narrative section presents an introduction to the catalogue. The first chapter underscores the significance of medieval fragments, noting that these “secondary” sources, once dismissed as mere “waste”, have recently garnered scholarly attention due to advances in fragmentology, codicology, and the development of electronic databases. The second and third chapters describe the two collections within the Jagiellonian University Archives: the manuscript collection and the personal papers collection, both of which serve as the source of the fragments discussed in the paper. The fourth chapter addresses the identified fragments, providing typologies and highlighting notable discoveries. Among these is a fragment from a manuscript that once belonged to Tomasz Strzępiński of Strzępiń, a distinguished 15th-century scholar and bishop of Kraków. This introductory section closes with a presentation of the methodology used. The subsequent catalogue provides a detailed description of each fragment: its location in the host volume, its codicological features, and the texts it contains. This is the first of two planned parts of the fragments' catalogue, focusing on pieces from the manuscript and personal papers collections.