POLISH LIBRARIES VOL. 8 2020 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLAND ISSN 2300-9217 www.polishlibraries.pl Editor-in-Chief Dr. Tomasz Makowski Advisory Board Prof. Elżbieta Zybert – Chair Prof. Krystyna Jaworska Dr. Katarzyna Kołakowska Dr. Olga Kolosovska Dr. Żaneta Kubic Jędrzej Leśniewski Dr. Anton Likhomanov Dr. Tomasz Makowski Dr. Monika Mitera Dr. Sigitas Narbutas Dr. Tomasz Szwaciński Executive Editor ISSN 2300-9217 Szymon Żuchowski ISBN 978-83-7009-842-1 Cooperating Editor Copyright © Biblioteka Narodowa Jacek Krawczyk Warszawa 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication Translation may be reproduced in any form or by any Alicja Rosé, Dr. Nick Ukiah means without prior written permission from the publishers. English Language Editor Dr. Sarah White The publisher reserves the right to make changes and editorial revisions to the Design & Layout submitted articles. Edgar Bąk Studio Information Typesetting email:
[email protected] Katarzyna Niewczas Cover illustration Library of the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil Issue: 150 copies Printing Zakład Poligraficzny Moś i Łuczak, Poznań National Library of Poland al. Niepodległości 213 02-086 Warsaw, Poland Articles Maria Nasiłowska National Library of Poland and KABA subject heading languages and their evolution towards National Library of Poland Descriptors 6 Jakub Pach Identifying samples of historical handwriting via image processing with the help of characteristic features of the author’s handwriting 64 Jacek Jarmoszko Rzewuski’s travels with Golius 100 Jacek Kordel Archives