Jerzy Krzysztof Stanisław Zathey (15 April 1911 in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

– 27 April 1999 in

Mszana Dolna Mszana (German: ''Mschanna'') is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana. It lies approximately south-east of Wodzisław Śląski and s ...

) was a Polish historian of Medieval and Renaissance culture, librarian, manuscripts expert. He was a co-originator of the scientific method of elaborating medieval manuscripts. Publisher of numerous source documents (mainly in

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

and

Old Polish language The Old Polish language ( pl, język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the History of Polish, history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries. It was followed by the Middle Polish language. The sources for t ...

). Zathey was a professor of the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

(since 1983), curator of the

National Library of Poland The National Library ( pl, Biblioteka Narodowa) is the central Polish library, subject directly to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. The library collects books, journals, electronic and audiovisual publicat ...

(1938–1944), curator (1945–1981) and director (1957–1981) of Manuscript Department at the

Jagiellonian Library Jagiellonian Library ( pl, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, popular nickname ''Jagiellonka'') is the library of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and with almost 6.7 million volumes, one of the largest libraries in Poland, serving as a public libra ...

, member of

Medieval Academy of America The Medieval Academy of America (MAA; spelled Mediaeval until c. 1980) is the largest organization in the United States promoting the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy publishes ...

(since 1981).

Notable works

* ''Katalog rękopisów średniowiecznych Biblioteki Kórnickiej'' (1963) * Introduction to facsimile edition of ''Dzieła wszystkie Kopernika'' ("

Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated ...

complete works") vol. 1 (1972) * ''Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum medii aevi Latinorum, qui in Bibliotheca Jagellonica asservantur'' vol. 1-4 (collective work; 1980–1988)

References

* * 1911 births 1999 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni Polish medievalists Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Polish curators Polish librarians 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America {{Poland-historian-stub