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== The Founder: The Last Nobleman in Communist Poland ==
[[File:Tadeusz Przypkowski 1.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|Tadeusz Przypkowski (1905–1977), a gnomonist and gastronome]]
Some time ago, Prof. Jarosław Dumanowski, head of the Culinary Heritage Centre at the History Department of Copernicus University in Toruń, advised me to take interest in the collection of old hand-written recipes that are held in the archives of [http://muzeum.jedrzejow.pl/o-nas/zbiory Przypkowski Museum in Jędrzejów]. NowIt's a museum of sundials, though, isn't it, was my initial reaction, which anyone who's ever heard anything of about that institution, will surely understand my initial reaction: it's a museum of sundials, though, isn't it?.
Well, yes, the unique collection of sundials, said to be the world's third largest, is what the museum is best known for. It was the local doctor, Feliks Przypkowski, who started collecting sundials in 1895, a hobby later taken up by his son, Tadeusz Przypkowski. However, not only did Tadeusz, a true Renaissance man, continue his father's passion, he also had several of his own; his interests included the history of arts and astronomy, printmaking and bromoil photography, bibliophilia and bookplates, heraldry and numismatics... as well as the enjoyment of good food and drink.