On International Women's Day, we remind you that the personification of the Church (Latin: Ecclesia) is a woman! 🌹 Here is Virgin Mary - Mater Ecclesia from the initial of the oldest codex from the scriptorium of the monastery in Lubiąż - read more: instagram.com/p/DG7xxuHo9QK/

Not all psalters are considered to be liturgical books; some manuscripts, often enriched with commentaries (glosses), are considered to be intended for study, not for prayer. Read more about how we decide which psalters were used as prayer books: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

#MeetOurTeam Our project gathers an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Meet Weronika Liszewska (Ph.D., and D.Sc.) professor at the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw: instagram.com/p/DHbawdpooe7/

Dr Pawel Figurski gave a lecture on Liturgica Poloniae+ at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. We would like to thank Prof. Antonio Chemotti for the invitation, and Dr Ann Kelders for making it possible to conduct research on liturgical manuscripts in the KBR. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

"Millenium Regni Poloniae 1025-2025" is a research project dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the 1st Polish royal anointing of Boleslaw I the Brave; the project includes a conference in Warsaw on 22-23 April 2025. Check out the programme & register: instagram.com/p/DIEvziBopDe/

On the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław the Brave for the first king of Poland, we present you the so-called Płock Pontifical (Pontificale Plocense I), the first book from Poland that contains the full rite of the royal ordination: instagram.com/p/DIa5yDsoEAj/

HAPPY EASTER! Today we present a unique miniature from a Cistercian Missal held in the Princes Czartoryski Library in Cracow. The cross takes the form of the so-called Tree of Life. At its top and base are animals whose symbolism refers to Christ. instagram.com/p/DIrptcvI6rG/

PUBLICATION! Today we recommend an article by Dr. Irina Chachulska: "Some remarks on the provenance of the two-volume gradual of the Pelplin Cistercians", in the latest issue of the journal „Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki”, available online: ihnpan.pl/wp-content/upl…

#MeetOurTeam Our project gathers an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Meet Magdalena Łanuszka, a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, art historian PhD, medievalist, specialising in medieval painting: instagram.com/p/DJM9JSbI73V/

The research of the interdisciplinary team of the Liturgica Poloniae project sometimes leads to surprising discoveries. Recently, we managed to locate a hitherto unknown "twin" of the Cistercian missal from the Czartoryski collection (Cracow)! instagram.com/p/DJjU9GaoLGk/

Today we invite you to read about VARIOUS GOSPEL BOOKS (EVANGELIARIUM & EVANGELISTARIUM): facebook.com/permalink.php?…

HOW MANY LETTERS CAN YOU SEE? Today, we present a monogram consisting of interwoven letters: MULTI, the first part of the opening verse of the Letter to the Hebrews. The page comes from manuscript Ms. Theol. Lat. Qu. 1 in the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow instagram.com/p/DKEWnGVoETl/

On May 26-27 a scientific conference took place in Gniezno; there was a paper by our project manager, Dr Paweł Figurski; there were also papers discussing the manuscripts that are the subject of research in the Liturgica Poloniae project. Read more: instagram.com/p/DKSBRykotPO/…

Here is an absolutely exceptional figure: Notker, a Benedictine monk from the famous Abbey of St. Gallen, active in the second half of the 9th & in the early 10th c. He probably preferred singing to speaking - his nickname, Balbulus, means The Stammerer. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

Last week we worked as a team at the Archdiocesan Archive in Poznań! For the splendid welcome and immensely helpful arrangements, we would like to thank the Director, Fr Roman Dworacki, and all the employees of the Archive, especially Fr Wojciech and Fr Jan!

#MeetOurTeam Our project gathers an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Meet Dr. Adam Poznański, a curator in the Manuscripts Department of the University Library in Wrocław, a researcher at the Center for Medieval Studies: instagram.com/p/DLSPssjoYo4/

SUMMER MADNESS! The Dog Days are upon us - already in ancient times it was believed that people (and dogs) were in danger of going mad at that time. Read more about an initial featuring an image of a madman-fool, from the so-called The Potocki Psalter: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

Gradual (Lat. graduale) is a responsorial chant belonging to the proprium missae (the variable parts of the liturgy of the mass); the name of the liturgical book containing mass chants intended for the cantor & choir is derived from this chant. Read more: instagram.com/p/DLwvl6DooJW/…

In the manuscripts studied as part of our project, entirely zoomorphic initials are rare. However, in the case of Ms. 2057 from the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow, there are several initials with the entire body of the letter built from an animal (or two): instagram.com/p/DMCkWEoIG0X/…

Sometimes it is the characteristics of the musical notation (the structure of individual neumes and their calligraphic features) that allow us to more precisely determine the date of creation of a manuscript or indicate its region of origin - read more: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…