ZABYTKOWE BUDOWLE DREWNIANE I STOLARKA ARCHITEKTONICZNA WOBEC WSPÓŁCZESNYCH ZAGROŻEŃ Red. Emanuel Okoń, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruł 2005

The publication under discus sion, “Historic Wooden Constructions and architectonic woodwork in relation to contemporary threats”, is the effect of an international session which was organized by the Institute for the Study, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, in the fall of 1999. It contains 16 articles which may be divided into three groups: the methodology of conserving wooden architecture and woodwork, contributions to the history of architectural and woodworking, and conservation work on wooden constructions and woodwork. It is the first book in many years which has been devoted to such important conservation problems, and it fills an acute gap in writings in this area. Its preparation in a leading academic center, which is connected with the conservation of historic sites, elevated the content of the publication as a compendium of knowledge about historic wooden buildings and wooden architectonic details, so that it may serve as a conservator’s handbook in its area. Extensive synopses in German (articles by German researchers were provided in Polish translations), allow foreign conservators to become familiar with the book’s content.