Cathedral scriptorium of Płock to the 14th century

Article presents the cathedral environment of Płock from the erection of the bishopric of Płock in 1075 until the end of the fourteenth century. The author discusses the origins of the Plock Cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The paper also focuses on the rulers of the Diocese, especially Aleksander from Malonne, Werner and Jakub from Korzkiew, which constitutes the backdrop for the characterization of the local scriptorium to the fourteenth century. The whole text is crowned with a detailed discussion of works coming from Plock, both those that survived to the present day, as well as those which did not survive World War II. Thanks to arduous research into the book collection of the Cathedral Library of Płock done before the Second World War by such people as Mathias Bersohn, Bishop Antoni Julian Nowowiejski and Adam Vetulani, the author of the article managed to make an attempt to characterise the manuscripts coming from cathedral scriptorium of Płock to the fourteenth century