Wierszowana „relacyja” o śmierci Krzysztofa Radziwiłła (1585–1640) z sylwy Andrzeja Lubienieckiego
A Versed Account of the Death of Krzysztof Radziwiłł (1585–1640) from a Home Chronicle (Sylwa) of Andrzej Lubieniecki

Summary/Abstract: The object of this edition is an anonymous verse Relacyja o żałosnym zejściu Oświeconego Książęcia Krzysztofa Radziwiłła, wojew[ody] wileńs[kieg]o, wielkiego hetmana W[ielkiego] Ks[ięstwa] Litewskie[g]o Anno D[omi]ni 164[0] sub persona Amin[tasa] i Dafn[isa] rozmawiających [An account of the lamentable death of His Grace Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł, the Vilinian Voivode, Great Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Anno Domini 1640 given by the persons of Amintas and Dafnis talking with each other] preserved in a home chronicle (so-called sylwa) of Andrzej Lubieniecki, today kept in the collection of the Central Library of Rotterdam (manuscript no. 527). With regard to its genre qualities, the work may be ascribed to funeral pastorals due to its composition, versification and the names of characters referring to Virgil’s bucolics. One of the characters is named Melibeus, which refers to the 1st eclogue of Maron, in which a shepherd going by the same name bids farewell before his departure for banishment, which may have been a parallel of the Hetman’s death. The loss of the Vilnian Voivode is discussed and mourned by Amintas and Dafnis, who were famous in the antique bucolics for their impressive poetical talent.

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