The book collection of the Jesuit College in Poznań

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The book collection of the Jesuit College in Poznań

The Jesuit College in Poznań (Collegium Posnaniense Societatis Jesu) was founded in 1570 thanks to the endowment of Bishop Adam Konarski. The school began operating in 1573, and a theology course for Benedictine and Cistercian clerics was introduced in 1593, later also for Augustinian and Franciscan clerics. A boarding house for the poor was established in 1615, and a college for nobility in 1754. The College was dissolved in 1773. The extensive library contained fragments of episcopal book collections (those of Adam Konarski and Wawrzyniec Goślicki), as well as the books of Poznań nobility, priests and physicians. Several thousand volumes were taken to Sweden in 1656, and since 1693 they have been kept in Uppsala. At the time of the dissolution, the library reportedly held 20,000 volumes, of which more than 4,000 books were taken over by the schools of the Commission of National Education. Jesuit inventories from the early 17th century (from 1609 and 1610) preserved at Uppsala University Library form the basis of the reconstruction of the collection . They contain descriptions of approximately 8,000 items. Today, around 2,000 prints are held in Sweden (Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek), around 400 prints are kept at the University Library in Poznań, and individual volumes can be found in many other Polish and foreign libraries.

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In Omnia D. Avrelii Avgvstini Scripta Indices Dvo : Eo Conscripti Modo, Vt Nihil In His Annotatv Dignvm possis desiderare, neq[ue] quicquam uelut superuacaneum reijcere: quorum prior materias in ipsis passim operibus tractatas, indicat : posterior sacræ scripturæ locorum interpretationes iuxta Biblioru[m] ordinem obseruatorum ostendit.

Augustyn 354-430) Erasmus Roterodamus (1467–1536) Froben, Hieronymus (1501–1563) Episcopius, Nikolaus (1501–1564)

IX 1543).

Tullii de officiis amicitia [et] senectute. Paradoxa eiusdem. : Opus Benedicti Brugnoli studio emaculatu[m] additis grecis que deera[n]t cu[m] recognitio[n]e come[n]tario[rum] Petri Marsi [et] Francisci Maturantii perusini: nunc primu[m] habitoru[m]. Adiu[n]ctis preterea com[m]entariis eiusde[m] Fra[n]cisci in vltimu[m] paradoxu[m]: ... Necno[n] castigatissima tabula ...

Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 – 43 BC) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 – 43 BC) Marso, Pietro (1442–1512) Mataratius, Franciscus ( –1518)

20 II 1506

Loukianou Samosateōs Meros Deuteron = Lvciani Samosatensis Pars Secvnda.

Lucianus Samosatensis (c. 120 – c. 190) Ribit, Jean (c. 1500 – 1564)

[1545]

Jlias : per Laurentium Vallensem Romanum e graeco in latinum translata et nuper acuratissime emendata.

Homer Valla, Lorenzo (1406–1457)

25 II 1502

Tragœdiæ Senecæ ; cum duobus commentariis: uidelicet Bernardini Marmitæ & Danielis Galetani poe. cla.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (c. 4 BC – 65 AD) Marmitta, Gellio Bernardino (1440?–1497?) Gaetani, Daniele (1461–1528)

1505

Lvciani Philopsevdes Sive Apiston.

Lucianus Samosatensis (c. 120 – c. 190) Ciołek, Erazm (1474–1522) Claretti, Costantino

16 VII 1505

Opvscvlvm Philippi Beroaldi De Terręmotu et Pestilentia : Cum Annotamentis Galeni.

Beroaldo, Filippo (1453–1505) Ciołek, Erazm (1474–1522) Galenus, Claudius (c. 131 – 201)

15 V 1505

Fascicvlvs Rervm Expetendarvm Ac fugiendarum : In quo primu[m] continetur Concilium Basiliense: non illud, quod in magno Concilio[rum] volumine vulgo circumfertur, sed quod Aeneas Syluius (qui postea Pius II. est appellatus) & eidem Concilio præsens interfuit, fideliter, & eleganter conscripsit : Insunt præterea huic operi nobilissimo, summorum aliquot virorum epistolæ [...], numero (ni fallar) LXVI. in quibus & admiranda quædam & obstupenda inuenies [...] : Lege Indicem subsequentem [...].

Gratius, Ortwin (c. 1480 – c. 1542) Pius (1405–1464)

post 12 III) 1535

De Probatis Sanctorvm Historiis : Partim Ex Tomis Aloysii Lipomani, Doctissimi Episcopi, Partim Etiam Ex Egregiis Manvscriptis Codicibvs, Qvarum permultae antehàc nunquàm in lucem prodiêre, nunc recèns optima fide collectis,.

Surius, Laurentius (1522–1578) Quentel Johann - Erben Pius (1504–1572) Lippomano, Luigi (1496–1559)

15 III) 1575

De Probatis Sanctorvm Historiis : Partim Ex Tomis Aloysii Lipomani, Doctissimi Episcopi, Partim Etiam Ex Egregiis Manvscriptis Codicibus, quarum permultae antehàc nunquàm in lucem prodiêre, nunc recèns optima fide collectis,.

Surius, Laurentius (1522–1578) Quentel Johann - Erben Pius (1504–1572) Lippomano, Luigi (1496–1559)

[po 22 II] 1572

De Probatis Sanctorvm Historiis : Partim Ex Tomis Aloysii Lipomani, Doctissimi Episcopi, Partim Etiam Ex Egregiis Manvscriptis Codicibus, quarum permultae antehàc nunquàm in lucem prodiêre, nunc recèns optima fide collectis,.

Surius, Laurentius (1522–1578) Quentel Johann - Erben Pius (1504–1572) Lippomano, Luigi (1496–1559)

[po 19 III] 1574

De Probatis Sanctorvm Historiis : Partim Ex Tomis Aloysii Lipomani, Doctissimi Episcopi, Partim Etiam Ex Egregiis Manvscriptis Codicibus, quarum permultae antehàc nunquàm in lucem prodiêre, nunc recèns optima fide collectis,.

Surius, Laurentius (1522–1578) Quentel Johann - Erben Pius (1504–1572) Lippomano, Luigi (1496–1559)

[po 3 III] 1571

Libanii Sophistae declamatiunculae aliquot, eademque Latinae, per Des. Erasmus Rot.: Cum duabus orationibus Lysiae itidem uersis, incerto interprete, et alijs nonnullis.

Libanius (314–393) Erasmus Roterodamus (1467–1536) Isocrates (436 – 338 BC) Mosellanus, Petrus (1493–1524) Lucianus Samosatensis (c. 120 – c. 190) Lysias (c. 445 – 380 BC)

1 V) 1522

Philippi Beroaldi de felicitate opusculum.

Beroaldo, Filippo (1453–1505)

30 VI 1502

Orationes et Carmina Baroaldi.

Beroaldo, Filippo (1453–1505)

31 VII 1502

Sanctorvm Priscorvm Patrvm Vitæ Nvmero Centvm Sexaginta Tres.

Speranza (Wenecja)

1551

Notationes In Sacra Biblia, Qvibvs, Variantia Discrepantibvs Exemplaribvs Loca, Svmmo Stvdio Discvtivntvr.

Lucas, Franciscus (1549?–1619)

1580

Aristotelis De Moribvs, quę Ethica nominantur, ad Nicomachu[m] filium, Libri decem.

Aristoteles (384 – 322 BC) Plato (427 – 347 BC) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 – 43 BC) Périon, Joachim (1499–1559) Aratus (c. 315 – c. 240 BC)

II 1542

Plvtarchi Commentarivs Stoicorvm Contrariorvm.

Plutarchus (około 45–po 120) Henryson, Edward (1510?–1590?)

1555

Index Vtrivsqve Testamenti : ad quascunq[ue] seu res seu sententias, continuo inuenie[n]das, quam commodissimus, nunc rursum typis excusus, ac aliorum quorundam non pœnitenda accesione locupletatus.

Brunfels, Otto (c. 1488 – 1534)

1535

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Ars versificatoria Ioa[n]nis Despauterij Niniuitae Bergarum apud Diuum Guinoccum Ludi magistri.

Despautère, Jean (1460–1520) Bade, Josse (1462–1535) Petit, Jean ( –1540) Regnault, François (14..–1540?)

8 XI 1512

Des. Erasmi Roterod. Hyperaspistæ liber secundus : aduersus libru[m] Martini Lutheri, cui titulum fecit Seruum arbitrium.

Erasmus Roterodamus (1467–1536)

1527

De Discorsi Del Reverendo Monsignor Francesco Patritij Sanese Vescovo Gaiettano, sopra alle cose appartenenti ad una città libera, e famiglia nobile.

Patrizi, Francesco (1413–1494) Fabrini, Giovanni (1516–1580)

1545

Bartholomei Coclitis Chyromantie ac physionomie Anastasis:.

Cocles, Bartolommeo (1467–1504) Achillini, Alessandro (1463–1512)

4 IX 1504

Appiani Alexandrini Romanarvm Historiarvm, De bellis Punicis liber, De bellis Syriacis liber, De bellis Parthicis liber, De bellis Mithridaticis liber, De bellis ciuilibus libri V, De bellis Gallicis liber, seu potius epitome.

Appianus Alexandrinus (c. 100 – c. 180) Froben Hieronymus et Episcopius Nicolaus Curione, Celio Secondo (1503–1569) Gelen, Sigmund (1497–1554) Decembrio, Pier Candido (1399–1477)

[post 7 VI] 1554

D. Dionysii Areopagitae De mystica Theologia Lib. 1.: Graece Ioan. Sarraceno, Ambrosio Camaldul., Marsilio Ficino Interpret. [...] Joan. Eckius Commentarios adiecit Pro Theologia Negativa.

Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita Eck, Johann (1486–1543) Ficino, Marsilio (1433–1499) Ambroży Traversari (1386–1439) Gallus, Thomas (?–1246) Joannes, Sarracenus (1100–1190)

25 V 1519