András Tarpai Szilágyi’s Unknown Funeral Oration: ’Jól meghalásnak mestersége’ Cover Image

„Jól meghalásnak mestersége”. Egy ismeretlen 17. századi halotti beszéd Tarpai Szilágyi Andrástól
András Tarpai Szilágyi’s Unknown Funeral Oration: ’Jól meghalásnak mestersége’

Author(s): Kinga Papp
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: puritanism; funeral oration; ars moriendi; ars in Deo vivere; Tarpai Szilágyi András

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the puritan priest, András Tarpai Szilágyi’s funeral oration: Jól meg halásnak mestersége, presented in 1659 at the funeral of Moktsai Balázs and printed (published) at Kassa in 1668. Until now, Tarpai’s work was unknown. The oration presents the condition of dying well – based on the puritan ethics and pietism.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: IV
  • Page Range: 29-36
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Hungarian