CRACOW, EDITED BY ZDZISŁAW NOGA, AUTHORS: ZBIGNIEW BEIERSDORF, CEZARY BUŚKO, JADWIGA BZINKOWSKA, SŁAWOMIR DRYJA, ELŻBIETA FIRLET, KAMILA FOLLPRECHT, WALDEMAR KOMOROWSKI, BOGUSŁAW KRASNOWOLSKI, JACEK LABERSCHEK, MARTA MAREK, EWA NIEDZIAŁKOWSKA, WALEMAR NIEWALDA, ZDZISŁAW NOGA, ZBIGNIEW PIANOWSKI, JACEK PURCHLA, KAZIMIERZ RADWAŃSKI, HALINA ROJKOWSKA, RYSZARD SKOWRON, JANINA STOKSIK, BARTŁOMIEJ SZ. SZMONIEWSKI, CARTOGRAPHY: TOMASZ SZPYTMA, CATOGRAPHY CONSULTANT: JERZY OSTROWSKI, ENGLISH TRASLATION: TERESA BAŁUK-ULEWICZOWA, (ATLAS HISTORYCZNY MIAST POLSKICH / HISTORICAL ATLAS OF POLISH TOWS, EDITED BY ROMAN CZAJA, VOLUME V: MAŁOPOLSKA / LESSER POLAND, EDITED BY ZDZISŁAW NOGA, FROM 1) TOWARZYSTWO MIŁOŚNIKÓW HISTORII I ZABTKÓW KRAKOWA [ASSOCIATION OF CRACOW HISTORY AND HISTORICAL MONUMETS LOVERS]/ WYDAWNICTWO ANTYKWA, CRACOW 2007, 96 PAGES + 37 PLANS AND MAPS + 18 REPRODUCTION OF VIEWS, PANORAMAS AND DEVELOPMENS PLANS + 23 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT RECONSTRUCTIONS
RAFAŁ EYSYMONTT, MATEUSZ GOLIŃSKI
The historical atlas of Cracow prepared by a 20-strong team of authors headed by Zdzisław Noga belongs to a series of European publications developed in accordance with International Commission of History of Towns. The textual part consists of a comprehensive and detailed discussion regarding the transformation of an early medieval settling complex into a town located on a regular plan, the development and evolution of the centre into a royal town, and the transformation process of this centre into a modern town in the 19th and 20th centuries. The authors’ articles are illustrated with numerous reconstruction boards and a unique collection of historical reproductions of the plans of Cracow. The size of the Cracow atlas and level of details of analysis presented therein means that it goes beyond schemas adopted for this type of publications, both regarding the textual and illustrative layers, it sets a new standard.