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Michał Muraszko
The Cover of “Theatrum seu potius officina concionatorum…”
from the book collection of a Gniezno canon Tomasz Josicki
Abstract
The article presents the cover protecting the printed work “Theatrum seu potius officina concionatorum…” published in 1597, in Venice. The book was a part of a rich collection, which belonged to Tomasz Josicki, a canon in Gniezno, who died in 1616. On the top and bottom linings
of the frame one can see a supralibros with the Ciołek coat of arms, used by Tomasz Josicki. The
cover was probably made in the workshop of Kasper Rajman, a Crakow bookbinder. The piece
presented belongs to the collection of the Archdiocese of Gniezno Archives.