Stan i potrzeba badań nad zabytkowymi dzwonami w Polsce

The article constitutes a review of publications and investigations on the ancient bells in Poland. In its both parts, i.e. this discussing the extremely poor Polish literature of the subject and that presenting the state of inventorying of the ancient bells this review points to alarming situation. Nor the satisfactory scientific literature devoted to problems of bell founding neither a comprehensive inventory of ancient bells exist. Hitherto no atelier or workshop carrying out the restoration of metalwork is dealing with objects of this kind. The need to undertake extended investigations on this group of specimens of the Polish artistic handicraft forms both obvious and urgent problem. It is proposed by the author that the investigations be conducted by art historians in cooperation with musicologists as the bells are both musical and artistic objects.