The Book of Henryków is a Latin chronicle of the Cistercian abbey in Henryków in Lower Silesia. Originally created as a registry of belongings looted by the Mongol raids of 1241, with time it was extended to include the history of the monastery. It is notable as the earliest document to include a sentence written entirely in what can be interpreted as an early Polish or Czech or Silesian language. Currently the book is on exhibition in the Diocesan Museum in Wrocław.

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  • The Book of Henryków is a Latin chronicle of the Cistercian abbey in Henryków in Lower Silesia. Originally created as a registry of belongings looted by the Mongol raids of 1241, with time it was extended to include the history of the monastery. It is notable as the earliest document to include a sentence written entirely in what can be interpreted as an early Polish or Czech or Silesian language. Currently the book is on exhibition in the Diocesan Museum in Wrocław. The first part of the 100-page-long book is devoted to the early history of the abbey, from its foundation by Henry the Bearded in 1227 until 1259. The second part includes the later history until 1310. In the record for 1270 a semi-anonymous peasant from the nearby village named Brukalice is reported to say to his wife "Day, ut ia pobrusa, a ti poziwai", which could be roughly translated as "Let me, I shall grind, and you take a rest". The circumstances under which this sentence was written closely reflected the cultural and literary conditions in Poland in the first centuries of its national existence. It appeared in a Latin chronicle, written by a German abbot. The man who reportedly uttered the sentence almost one hundred years earlier was Bogwal, a Czech (Bogwalus Boemus), a local settler and subject of Bolesław the Tall, as he felt compassion for his wife, who "very often stood grinding by the quern-stone".
  • Liber fundationis claustri sanctae Mariae Virginis in Heinrichow – stustronicowa spisana po łacinie kronika opactwa cystersów w Henrykowie na Dolnym Śląsku. Jej autorem jest Piotr, opat klasztoru. Powstała początkowo jako spis dóbr klasztornych (w celu wyjaśnienia praw klasztoru do nich), w związku z niestabilną sytuacją (także prawną) po najeździe mongolskim w 1241. Część pierwsza powstawała w latach 1269–1273 i opisuje lata od fundacji klasztoru w 1227 przez Henryka Brodatego do 1259, część druga doprowadza historię opactwa do 1310. Księga stanowi cenny dokument historyczny, prawniczy i językowy, zapisano w niej około 120 nazw miejscowych, informacje o mieszkańcach (od wieśniaków po biskupów wrocławskich) i ich imiona. Księga znajduje się obecnie w Archiwum Archidiecezjalnym we Wrocławiu (sygn. V.7), natomiast jej kopia znajduje w pocysterskim opactwie w Henrykowie.
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  • The Book of Henryków is a Latin chronicle of the Cistercian abbey in Henryków in Lower Silesia. Originally created as a registry of belongings looted by the Mongol raids of 1241, with time it was extended to include the history of the monastery. It is notable as the earliest document to include a sentence written entirely in what can be interpreted as an early Polish or Czech or Silesian language. Currently the book is on exhibition in the Diocesan Museum in Wrocław.
  • Liber fundationis claustri sanctae Mariae Virginis in Heinrichow – stustronicowa spisana po łacinie kronika opactwa cystersów w Henrykowie na Dolnym Śląsku. Jej autorem jest Piotr, opat klasztoru. Powstała początkowo jako spis dóbr klasztornych (w celu wyjaśnienia praw klasztoru do nich), w związku z niestabilną sytuacją (także prawną) po najeździe mongolskim w 1241.
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  • Book of Henryków
  • Księga henrykowska
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