Wątek Mater Dolorosa w Rozmyślaniach dominikańskich. Maryja w scenach ukrzyżowania i pogrzebu Jezusa
The Mater Dolorosa topic in The Dominican Meditations: scenes of Mary at the Crucifixion and burial of Jesus
Author(s): Katarzyna KiszkowiakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Theology and Religion
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: Amplification ;Apocrypha;The Crucifixion;The Gospel;The Holy Virgin Mary;Jesus Christ;The Mater Dolorosa topic;The New Testament;The Passion;
Summary/Abstract: The Mater Dolorosa topic in the Dominican Meditations, an extensive old-Polish apocryphal work dealing with the Passion, written around the year 1532 at the Dominican Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Kraków, is discussed. The article examines the amplifications by the anonymous author of that work in relation to the extremely brief reference in the Gospels to the Holy Mother’s participation in Jesus’ Passion: the only part of the New Testament to make any mention of the Holy Virgin Mary’s presence at Christ’s death is the Gospel according to St. John 19: 25-27. A further objective of the article was to identify the main rhetorical strategies applied in the adaptations of the Biblical text: the apotheosis of Mary’s motherhood and the glorification of the spiritual links joining Mary and Jesus.
Journal: Język. Religia. Tożsamość
- Issue Year: 6/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 93-107
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish