Exhortatio ad paenitentiam by Dominic of Prusy (Carthusian, 1382–1460) and Two Paraphrases of this Work in Seventeenth-Century Polish Literature. Three Unknown Literary Works from the Collection of the Jagiellonian Library Cover Image

Exhortatio ad paenitentiam Dominika z Prus (kartuza, 1382–1460) i dwie parafrazy tego dzieła w literaturze polskiej XVII wieku. Trzy nieznane utwory ze zbiorów Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej
Exhortatio ad paenitentiam by Dominic of Prusy (Carthusian, 1382–1460) and Two Paraphrases of this Work in Seventeenth-Century Polish Literature. Three Unknown Literary Works from the Collection of the Jagiellonian Library

Author(s): Maria Wichowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Biblioteka Jagiellońska
Keywords: Dominic of Prusy;Mediaeval poetry;Augustyn Kochański;poetic paraphrase;religious poetry;

Summary/Abstract: Dominic of Prusy (1382–1460) is an author who has hitherto been unknown to Polish literary historians. However, his poetic work entitled Exhortatio ad paenitentiam enjoyed considerable popularity in seventeenth-century Poland – mainly with Franciscan Friars, among whom an abridged version was circulated in manuscript form. The full text is 158 stanzas long, while the Polish version – entitled Napomnienie – had only 42 stanzas. The Latin original was published as late as 1731 – many years after the two translations by Augustyn Kochański and Aleksy Piotrkowczyk, which came out in 1611 and 1654 respectively. The original copies of all the texts published here are to be found in the Jagiellonian Library.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 66
  • Page Range: 155-175
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish