Benedykt Roszkowski, a reformed friar from the Order of Reformed Friars Minor (Reformati) in the ... more Benedykt Roszkowski, a reformed friar from the Order of Reformed Friars Minor (Reformati) in the Greater Poland province (Wielkopolska), became famous as a religious preacher (sermoniser). He held this position for twenty-one years, in various centres of the province, and held the ministry of guardian a number of times. He was also a member of provincial government in the form of secretary and definitor (1779–1782) as well as fulfilling the role of custodian or provincial deputy (1785–1788). The friar also helped create settings for church ceremonies. This article discusses Roszkowski’s hitherto unknown manuscript containing a description of the artistic settings of six funeral ceremonies that took place in the Reformati Churches during the years 1758–1762. The descriptions were illustrated with the friar’s own watercolours depicting the theatrum created during funeral ceremonies. The document, written in Latin, was made between 1762 and 1764 as Roszkowski’s gift to the Provincial Superior of Greater Poland, Father Dionizy Sydry. His descriptions include the funeral of the Crown Oboźnina (wife of the Crown Great Camp Leader) Teresa Teofila Lipska née Dąbska, and the funeral rites in memory of the Oboźny (Crown Great Camp Leader) Prokop Lipski in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1758); the funeral of the Master of the Hunt’s wife from Wschowa, Zofia Gorzyńska, in the Reformati Church in Miejska Górka (1761); the exequies of Zofia Puklatecka in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1762); the funeral of Brygida Czapska née Działyńska, the wife of the Malbork voivode, in the Reformed Church in Pakość, and the funeral rites in the parish church in Konarzewo (1762). For all these funerals, the friar designed both the interior of the church and the castrum doloris placed in the centre. The baldachin-type castrum doloris dominated: on a multi-step platform (sometimes taking the shape of a fortress with bastions) with a raised coffin were figures of Virtues or personifications, and on its sides were obelisks in the form of rocaille or decorative columns crowned with busts of Virtues. The whole structure was topped with a hanging fabric baldachin. In such artistic settings, the friar combined heraldic content with references to both the Bible and mythology. With the informal character of its descriptions, this manuscript differs from the occasional prints published by Roszkowski. Not only does the friar specify the material from which individual elements were made, but he also demonstrates the real context of their presentation. It is the first time we find in one document the descriptions of so many elements of the pompae funebres, along with their visual representations, made by a man who was artist, designer and preacher in one. These various aspects make Roszkowski’s work a special source for research on the funeral culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one which finds no equal.
In the second half of the 17th century a group of
architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northe... more In the second half of the 17th century a group of architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northern Lombardy, came to Warsaw. Among them there were Carlo and Francesco Ceroni. These architects thanks to the investigation conducted by Prof. Mariusz Karpowicz have had their respective studies published. It was Prof. Karpowicz who found their birth certificates in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish Archives, ascertained their family ties, found Francesco Ceronis contract for the works on the church of the Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, as well as Carlo Ceronis last will. The research performed by the author of the paper for the Dictionary of the Architects and Stonemasons in Warsaw in the 15th-18th Centuries brought about a number of biographic data. The preliminary research in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish Archives revealed some source documents. Among the discovered ones there was Ceronis authorization given in 1711 to the Bellottis: Pietro Martiri and Carlo Antonio in the presence of the Municipality of Old Warsaw to represent him in contacts with the authorities of Valsolda, as well as a set of documents related to the financial conflict between Carlo Ceroni and Carlo Farina. The clash made Ceroni exclude the Farina family from his inheritance. Farina who secured the architects interests in Italy in 1693-99, accused Ceroni of not having repaid the whole of his debt. In a letter from Warsaw dated 16 May 1714 addressed to his cousin, Mayor of Valsolda, Ceroni submitted arguments demonstrating that not only had he repaid the debt, but had even suffered financial losses through the shared business with Carlo Farina. The very same letter reveals that the architects second daughter Lucia, contrary to the to-date ascertainment, lived to come of age and aged 31 became a nun (d. 1717). The preliminary research in the Como Notarial State Archives allowed to find Francesco Ceronis codicil and authorization issued by Ceronis heirs to Carlo Antonio Bay and Giuseppe Rachetti to recover debts from Zofia and Dominik Comboni. Six letters of Carlo Ceroni to Samuel P¹czkowski, administrator of the Krasiñski estate discovered in the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, brought new information on the works conducted in Wêgrów. The letters make us verify how long the works on the church and convent complex of the Wêgrów Reformati lasted, and prolong them by at least ten years. The analysed sources permit the claim that it was the junior of the Ceroni brothers, namely Francesco, who owned the building enterprise. Carlo and Francesco Ceroni managed to amass substantial wealth which following their death became the property of the residents of Albogasio as the Eredita Ceroni. Still in the 19th century, its yields were allocated to satisfy their needs.
Aleksandra Ogińska had organized a summer residence in Siedlce. She
rebuilt and extended the pala... more Aleksandra Ogińska had organized a summer residence in Siedlce. She rebuilt and extended the palace. The author of this article, based on new archival sources, dealt with the transformation of the Siedlce residence in the 18th century. Almost simultaneously with the formation of the palace,the duchess founded a sentimental park in his neighborhood, named after her Aleksandria (Aleksandrów). In order to know the history of the park`s creation, partial preserved „factory bills” are of particular importance. “Alexandrow bill” from 1779 is also important. In addition, two expenditure registers are kept which constitute the unit including payments from May 13, 1780 to the end of January 1781. The persons working at the „factory” and the amount due for construction works are named in the accounts. We can also consider court inventories to be particularly important, including the list of equipment for some pavilions, created up to 1782. The starting point of the considerations is Mappa Alexandryi przy Sielcach made by Franciszek Salezy Sarnowski, dated to 1780. Simon Gottlieb (Szymon Bogumił) Zug is considered as a designer of the garden. On the garden`s plan we can find thirty rustic garden pavilions that are located all over the park. Particularly noteworthy is the issue related to the construction of park grottos. Interpretation of entries allows for partial tracing of the construction`s stages of some park buildings. The previously unresolved issue is equipping the garden pavilions built in Aleksandrów. The materials presented above are a very important source for recognition of Siedlce residence.
This article is a complement of research on different aspects of life and work of Aleksandra Ogiń... more This article is a complement of research on different aspects of life and work of Aleksandra Ogińska. It is a questioning edit of Aleksandra’s letters to her first husband. The letters were found in Liviv National Library. A small collection of 8 letters is an invaluable source of knowledge about their relationship and social connections of Sapiecha family. The letters show closeness and longing for spouses. On the other hand, we can also observe Aleksandra as a person involved in politics; she diligently describes current political issues and briefly writes about financial interests. She also manages to fulfill duties entrusted her by Podlasie region Provincial Governor. The resources are valuable source to research on a letter as a genre in the XVIIIth century.
Pałac jednego króla, dwóch państw i dwóch kultur. Unia polsko-saska 1697-1763, red.S. Roszak, A. Wieczorek, R. Adamczyk-Nowak, P. A. Stasiak, Kutno 2017. Program edukacyjno-multimedialny.
LAUDATOR TEMPORIS ACTI. Studia z dziejów sztuki i kultury ofiarowane Księdzu Doktorowi Janowi Niecieckiemu w 65. rocznice urodzin, Lublin 2015, s. 219-232., 2015
Benedykt Roszkowski, a reformed friar from the Order of Reformed Friars Minor (Reformati) in the ... more Benedykt Roszkowski, a reformed friar from the Order of Reformed Friars Minor (Reformati) in the Greater Poland province (Wielkopolska), became famous as a religious preacher (sermoniser). He held this position for twenty-one years, in various centres of the province, and held the ministry of guardian a number of times. He was also a member of provincial government in the form of secretary and definitor (1779–1782) as well as fulfilling the role of custodian or provincial deputy (1785–1788). The friar also helped create settings for church ceremonies. This article discusses Roszkowski’s hitherto unknown manuscript containing a description of the artistic settings of six funeral ceremonies that took place in the Reformati Churches during the years 1758–1762. The descriptions were illustrated with the friar’s own watercolours depicting the theatrum created during funeral ceremonies. The document, written in Latin, was made between 1762 and 1764 as Roszkowski’s gift to the Provincial Superior of Greater Poland, Father Dionizy Sydry. His descriptions include the funeral of the Crown Oboźnina (wife of the Crown Great Camp Leader) Teresa Teofila Lipska née Dąbska, and the funeral rites in memory of the Oboźny (Crown Great Camp Leader) Prokop Lipski in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1758); the funeral of the Master of the Hunt’s wife from Wschowa, Zofia Gorzyńska, in the Reformati Church in Miejska Górka (1761); the exequies of Zofia Puklatecka in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1762); the funeral of Brygida Czapska née Działyńska, the wife of the Malbork voivode, in the Reformed Church in Pakość, and the funeral rites in the parish church in Konarzewo (1762). For all these funerals, the friar designed both the interior of the church and the castrum doloris placed in the centre. The baldachin-type castrum doloris dominated: on a multi-step platform (sometimes taking the shape of a fortress with bastions) with a raised coffin were figures of Virtues or personifications, and on its sides were obelisks in the form of rocaille or decorative columns crowned with busts of Virtues. The whole structure was topped with a hanging fabric baldachin. In such artistic settings, the friar combined heraldic content with references to both the Bible and mythology. With the informal character of its descriptions, this manuscript differs from the occasional prints published by Roszkowski. Not only does the friar specify the material from which individual elements were made, but he also demonstrates the real context of their presentation. It is the first time we find in one document the descriptions of so many elements of the pompae funebres, along with their visual representations, made by a man who was artist, designer and preacher in one. These various aspects make Roszkowski’s work a special source for research on the funeral culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one which finds no equal.
In the second half of the 17th century a group of
architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northe... more In the second half of the 17th century a group of architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northern Lombardy, came to Warsaw. Among them there were Carlo and Francesco Ceroni. These architects thanks to the investigation conducted by Prof. Mariusz Karpowicz have had their respective studies published. It was Prof. Karpowicz who found their birth certificates in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish Archives, ascertained their family ties, found Francesco Ceronis contract for the works on the church of the Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, as well as Carlo Ceronis last will. The research performed by the author of the paper for the Dictionary of the Architects and Stonemasons in Warsaw in the 15th-18th Centuries brought about a number of biographic data. The preliminary research in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish Archives revealed some source documents. Among the discovered ones there was Ceronis authorization given in 1711 to the Bellottis: Pietro Martiri and Carlo Antonio in the presence of the Municipality of Old Warsaw to represent him in contacts with the authorities of Valsolda, as well as a set of documents related to the financial conflict between Carlo Ceroni and Carlo Farina. The clash made Ceroni exclude the Farina family from his inheritance. Farina who secured the architects interests in Italy in 1693-99, accused Ceroni of not having repaid the whole of his debt. In a letter from Warsaw dated 16 May 1714 addressed to his cousin, Mayor of Valsolda, Ceroni submitted arguments demonstrating that not only had he repaid the debt, but had even suffered financial losses through the shared business with Carlo Farina. The very same letter reveals that the architects second daughter Lucia, contrary to the to-date ascertainment, lived to come of age and aged 31 became a nun (d. 1717). The preliminary research in the Como Notarial State Archives allowed to find Francesco Ceronis codicil and authorization issued by Ceronis heirs to Carlo Antonio Bay and Giuseppe Rachetti to recover debts from Zofia and Dominik Comboni. Six letters of Carlo Ceroni to Samuel P¹czkowski, administrator of the Krasiñski estate discovered in the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, brought new information on the works conducted in Wêgrów. The letters make us verify how long the works on the church and convent complex of the Wêgrów Reformati lasted, and prolong them by at least ten years. The analysed sources permit the claim that it was the junior of the Ceroni brothers, namely Francesco, who owned the building enterprise. Carlo and Francesco Ceroni managed to amass substantial wealth which following their death became the property of the residents of Albogasio as the Eredita Ceroni. Still in the 19th century, its yields were allocated to satisfy their needs.
Aleksandra Ogińska had organized a summer residence in Siedlce. She
rebuilt and extended the pala... more Aleksandra Ogińska had organized a summer residence in Siedlce. She rebuilt and extended the palace. The author of this article, based on new archival sources, dealt with the transformation of the Siedlce residence in the 18th century. Almost simultaneously with the formation of the palace,the duchess founded a sentimental park in his neighborhood, named after her Aleksandria (Aleksandrów). In order to know the history of the park`s creation, partial preserved „factory bills” are of particular importance. “Alexandrow bill” from 1779 is also important. In addition, two expenditure registers are kept which constitute the unit including payments from May 13, 1780 to the end of January 1781. The persons working at the „factory” and the amount due for construction works are named in the accounts. We can also consider court inventories to be particularly important, including the list of equipment for some pavilions, created up to 1782. The starting point of the considerations is Mappa Alexandryi przy Sielcach made by Franciszek Salezy Sarnowski, dated to 1780. Simon Gottlieb (Szymon Bogumił) Zug is considered as a designer of the garden. On the garden`s plan we can find thirty rustic garden pavilions that are located all over the park. Particularly noteworthy is the issue related to the construction of park grottos. Interpretation of entries allows for partial tracing of the construction`s stages of some park buildings. The previously unresolved issue is equipping the garden pavilions built in Aleksandrów. The materials presented above are a very important source for recognition of Siedlce residence.
This article is a complement of research on different aspects of life and work of Aleksandra Ogiń... more This article is a complement of research on different aspects of life and work of Aleksandra Ogińska. It is a questioning edit of Aleksandra’s letters to her first husband. The letters were found in Liviv National Library. A small collection of 8 letters is an invaluable source of knowledge about their relationship and social connections of Sapiecha family. The letters show closeness and longing for spouses. On the other hand, we can also observe Aleksandra as a person involved in politics; she diligently describes current political issues and briefly writes about financial interests. She also manages to fulfill duties entrusted her by Podlasie region Provincial Governor. The resources are valuable source to research on a letter as a genre in the XVIIIth century.
Pałac jednego króla, dwóch państw i dwóch kultur. Unia polsko-saska 1697-1763, red.S. Roszak, A. Wieczorek, R. Adamczyk-Nowak, P. A. Stasiak, Kutno 2017. Program edukacyjno-multimedialny.
LAUDATOR TEMPORIS ACTI. Studia z dziejów sztuki i kultury ofiarowane Księdzu Doktorowi Janowi Niecieckiemu w 65. rocznice urodzin, Lublin 2015, s. 219-232., 2015
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became famous as a religious preacher (sermoniser). He held this position for twenty-one years, in various centres of the province, and held
the ministry of guardian a number of times. He was also a member of provincial government in the form of secretary and definitor (1779–1782) as well as fulfilling the role of custodian or provincial deputy (1785–1788). The friar also helped create settings for church ceremonies.
This article discusses Roszkowski’s hitherto unknown manuscript containing a description of the artistic settings of six funeral ceremonies
that took place in the Reformati Churches during the years 1758–1762. The descriptions were illustrated with the friar’s own watercolours
depicting the theatrum created during funeral ceremonies. The document, written in Latin, was made between 1762 and 1764 as Roszkowski’s gift to the Provincial Superior of Greater Poland, Father Dionizy Sydry. His descriptions include the funeral of the Crown Oboźnina (wife of the Crown Great Camp Leader) Teresa Teofila Lipska née Dąbska, and the funeral rites in memory of the Oboźny (Crown Great Camp Leader) Prokop Lipski in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1758); the funeral of the Master of the Hunt’s wife from Wschowa, Zofia Gorzyńska, in the Reformati Church in Miejska Górka (1761); the exequies of Zofia Puklatecka in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1762); the funeral of Brygida Czapska née Działyńska, the wife of the Malbork voivode, in the Reformed Church in Pakość, and the funeral rites in the parish church in Konarzewo (1762). For all these funerals, the friar designed both the interior of the church and the castrum doloris placed in the centre. The baldachin-type castrum doloris dominated: on a multi-step platform (sometimes taking the shape of a fortress with bastions) with a raised coffin were figures of Virtues or personifications, and on its sides were obelisks in the form of rocaille or decorative columns crowned with busts of Virtues. The whole structure was topped with a hanging fabric baldachin. In such artistic settings, the friar combined heraldic content with references to both the Bible and mythology. With the informal character of its descriptions, this manuscript differs from the occasional prints published by Roszkowski. Not only does the friar specify the material from which individual elements were made, but he also demonstrates the real context of their presentation. It is the first time we find in one document the descriptions of so many elements of the pompae funebres, along with their visual representations, made by a man who was artist, designer and preacher in one. These various aspects make Roszkowski’s work a special source for research on the funeral culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one which finds no equal.
architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northern
Lombardy, came to Warsaw. Among them there were
Carlo and Francesco Ceroni. These architects thanks
to the investigation conducted by Prof. Mariusz
Karpowicz have had their respective studies
published. It was Prof. Karpowicz who found their
birth certificates in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish
Archives, ascertained their family ties, found
Francesco Ceronis contract for the works on the
church of the Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament, as well as Carlo Ceronis last
will. The research performed by the author of the
paper for the Dictionary of the Architects and
Stonemasons in Warsaw in the 15th-18th Centuries
brought about a number of biographic data. The
preliminary research in the Albogasio Inferiore
Parish Archives revealed some source documents.
Among the discovered ones there was Ceronis
authorization given in 1711 to the Bellottis: Pietro
Martiri and Carlo Antonio in the presence of the
Municipality of Old Warsaw to represent him in
contacts with the authorities of Valsolda, as well as a
set of documents related to the financial conflict
between Carlo Ceroni and Carlo Farina. The clash
made Ceroni exclude the Farina family from his
inheritance. Farina who secured the architects
interests in Italy in 1693-99, accused Ceroni of not
having repaid the whole of his debt. In a letter from
Warsaw dated 16 May 1714 addressed to his cousin,
Mayor of Valsolda, Ceroni submitted arguments
demonstrating that not only had he repaid the debt,
but had even suffered financial losses through the
shared business with Carlo Farina. The very same
letter reveals that the architects second daughter
Lucia, contrary to the to-date ascertainment, lived to
come of age and aged 31 became a nun (d. 1717).
The preliminary research in the Como Notarial State
Archives allowed to find Francesco Ceronis codicil
and authorization issued by Ceronis heirs to Carlo
Antonio Bay and Giuseppe Rachetti to recover debts
from Zofia and Dominik Comboni.
Six letters of Carlo Ceroni to Samuel P¹czkowski,
administrator of the Krasiñski estate discovered
in the Central Archives of Historical
Records in Warsaw, brought new information on the
works conducted in Wêgrów. The letters make us
verify how long the works on the church and convent
complex of the Wêgrów Reformati lasted, and
prolong them by at least ten years.
The analysed sources permit the claim that it was
the junior of the Ceroni brothers, namely Francesco,
who owned the building enterprise. Carlo and
Francesco Ceroni managed to amass substantial
wealth which following their death became the
property of the residents of Albogasio as the Eredita
Ceroni. Still in the 19th century, its yields were
allocated to satisfy their needs.
rebuilt and extended the palace. The author of this article, based on new
archival sources, dealt with the transformation of the Siedlce residence in
the 18th century. Almost simultaneously with the formation of the palace,the duchess founded a sentimental park in his neighborhood, named after her Aleksandria (Aleksandrów). In order to know the history of the park`s creation, partial preserved „factory bills” are of particular importance.
“Alexandrow bill” from 1779 is also important. In addition, two expenditure registers are kept which constitute the unit including payments from May 13, 1780 to the end of January 1781. The persons working at the „factory” and the amount due for construction works are named in the accounts. We can also consider court inventories to be particularly important, including the list of equipment for some pavilions, created up to 1782.
The starting point of the considerations is Mappa Alexandryi przy
Sielcach made by Franciszek Salezy Sarnowski, dated to 1780. Simon
Gottlieb (Szymon Bogumił) Zug is considered as a designer of the garden. On the garden`s plan we can find thirty rustic garden pavilions that are located all over the park. Particularly noteworthy is the issue related to the construction of park grottos. Interpretation of entries allows for partial tracing of the construction`s stages of some park buildings. The previously unresolved issue is equipping the garden pavilions built in Aleksandrów.
The materials presented above are a very important source for recognition of Siedlce residence.
Podlasie region Provincial Governor.
The resources are valuable source to research on a letter as a genre in the XVIIIth century.
became famous as a religious preacher (sermoniser). He held this position for twenty-one years, in various centres of the province, and held
the ministry of guardian a number of times. He was also a member of provincial government in the form of secretary and definitor (1779–1782) as well as fulfilling the role of custodian or provincial deputy (1785–1788). The friar also helped create settings for church ceremonies.
This article discusses Roszkowski’s hitherto unknown manuscript containing a description of the artistic settings of six funeral ceremonies
that took place in the Reformati Churches during the years 1758–1762. The descriptions were illustrated with the friar’s own watercolours
depicting the theatrum created during funeral ceremonies. The document, written in Latin, was made between 1762 and 1764 as Roszkowski’s gift to the Provincial Superior of Greater Poland, Father Dionizy Sydry. His descriptions include the funeral of the Crown Oboźnina (wife of the Crown Great Camp Leader) Teresa Teofila Lipska née Dąbska, and the funeral rites in memory of the Oboźny (Crown Great Camp Leader) Prokop Lipski in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1758); the funeral of the Master of the Hunt’s wife from Wschowa, Zofia Gorzyńska, in the Reformati Church in Miejska Górka (1761); the exequies of Zofia Puklatecka in the Reformati Church in Poznań (1762); the funeral of Brygida Czapska née Działyńska, the wife of the Malbork voivode, in the Reformed Church in Pakość, and the funeral rites in the parish church in Konarzewo (1762). For all these funerals, the friar designed both the interior of the church and the castrum doloris placed in the centre. The baldachin-type castrum doloris dominated: on a multi-step platform (sometimes taking the shape of a fortress with bastions) with a raised coffin were figures of Virtues or personifications, and on its sides were obelisks in the form of rocaille or decorative columns crowned with busts of Virtues. The whole structure was topped with a hanging fabric baldachin. In such artistic settings, the friar combined heraldic content with references to both the Bible and mythology. With the informal character of its descriptions, this manuscript differs from the occasional prints published by Roszkowski. Not only does the friar specify the material from which individual elements were made, but he also demonstrates the real context of their presentation. It is the first time we find in one document the descriptions of so many elements of the pompae funebres, along with their visual representations, made by a man who was artist, designer and preacher in one. These various aspects make Roszkowski’s work a special source for research on the funeral culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one which finds no equal.
architects from Valsolda on Lake Lugano, northern
Lombardy, came to Warsaw. Among them there were
Carlo and Francesco Ceroni. These architects thanks
to the investigation conducted by Prof. Mariusz
Karpowicz have had their respective studies
published. It was Prof. Karpowicz who found their
birth certificates in the Albogasio Inferiore Parish
Archives, ascertained their family ties, found
Francesco Ceronis contract for the works on the
church of the Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament, as well as Carlo Ceronis last
will. The research performed by the author of the
paper for the Dictionary of the Architects and
Stonemasons in Warsaw in the 15th-18th Centuries
brought about a number of biographic data. The
preliminary research in the Albogasio Inferiore
Parish Archives revealed some source documents.
Among the discovered ones there was Ceronis
authorization given in 1711 to the Bellottis: Pietro
Martiri and Carlo Antonio in the presence of the
Municipality of Old Warsaw to represent him in
contacts with the authorities of Valsolda, as well as a
set of documents related to the financial conflict
between Carlo Ceroni and Carlo Farina. The clash
made Ceroni exclude the Farina family from his
inheritance. Farina who secured the architects
interests in Italy in 1693-99, accused Ceroni of not
having repaid the whole of his debt. In a letter from
Warsaw dated 16 May 1714 addressed to his cousin,
Mayor of Valsolda, Ceroni submitted arguments
demonstrating that not only had he repaid the debt,
but had even suffered financial losses through the
shared business with Carlo Farina. The very same
letter reveals that the architects second daughter
Lucia, contrary to the to-date ascertainment, lived to
come of age and aged 31 became a nun (d. 1717).
The preliminary research in the Como Notarial State
Archives allowed to find Francesco Ceronis codicil
and authorization issued by Ceronis heirs to Carlo
Antonio Bay and Giuseppe Rachetti to recover debts
from Zofia and Dominik Comboni.
Six letters of Carlo Ceroni to Samuel P¹czkowski,
administrator of the Krasiñski estate discovered
in the Central Archives of Historical
Records in Warsaw, brought new information on the
works conducted in Wêgrów. The letters make us
verify how long the works on the church and convent
complex of the Wêgrów Reformati lasted, and
prolong them by at least ten years.
The analysed sources permit the claim that it was
the junior of the Ceroni brothers, namely Francesco,
who owned the building enterprise. Carlo and
Francesco Ceroni managed to amass substantial
wealth which following their death became the
property of the residents of Albogasio as the Eredita
Ceroni. Still in the 19th century, its yields were
allocated to satisfy their needs.
rebuilt and extended the palace. The author of this article, based on new
archival sources, dealt with the transformation of the Siedlce residence in
the 18th century. Almost simultaneously with the formation of the palace,the duchess founded a sentimental park in his neighborhood, named after her Aleksandria (Aleksandrów). In order to know the history of the park`s creation, partial preserved „factory bills” are of particular importance.
“Alexandrow bill” from 1779 is also important. In addition, two expenditure registers are kept which constitute the unit including payments from May 13, 1780 to the end of January 1781. The persons working at the „factory” and the amount due for construction works are named in the accounts. We can also consider court inventories to be particularly important, including the list of equipment for some pavilions, created up to 1782.
The starting point of the considerations is Mappa Alexandryi przy
Sielcach made by Franciszek Salezy Sarnowski, dated to 1780. Simon
Gottlieb (Szymon Bogumił) Zug is considered as a designer of the garden. On the garden`s plan we can find thirty rustic garden pavilions that are located all over the park. Particularly noteworthy is the issue related to the construction of park grottos. Interpretation of entries allows for partial tracing of the construction`s stages of some park buildings. The previously unresolved issue is equipping the garden pavilions built in Aleksandrów.
The materials presented above are a very important source for recognition of Siedlce residence.
Podlasie region Provincial Governor.
The resources are valuable source to research on a letter as a genre in the XVIIIth century.