Teksty modlitewne w kolekcji epigraficznej Szymona Starowolskiego
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Data
2016
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Tytuł czasopisma
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Wydawca
Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Zielonogórsko-Gorzowskiej
Abstrakt
Jezuita Szymon Starowolski jest autorem zbioru epigraficznego pod tytułem „Monumenta Sarmatarum Viam Universae Carnis Ingressorum”. Opracowanie było wynikiem wielu podróży autora po terenach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Spisał on wszystkie znalezione przez siebie inskrypcje, odkryte zwłaszcza w kościołach. W większości są to epitafia. Niektóre z nich zawierają wezwania modlitewne. Wszystkie tego rodzaju opracowania wykazują duże zróżnicowanie. Postaciami mówiącymi są w nich zarówno sami pogrzebani, jak i żyjący. Modlitwa bywa kierowana do Osób Boskich, do Maryi, niekiedy do któregoś ze Świętych. Zasadniczą jej treść stanowi błaganie, zwłaszcza o zachowanie od sądu i kary oraz o szczęśliwą wieczność. Niektóre wiersze w całości są modlitwą, w innych stanowi ona jedynie część utworu, w innych jeszcze bywa glosą dorzuconą do inskrypcji. Zgromadzone teksty są niejednorodne, co widać zwłaszcza w zakresie formalnym. Ostatecznie, dzięki żmudnej pracy kolekcjonerskiej Starowolskiego można poznać obecnie zarówno postacie dawno już zmarłych bohaterów, jak i warsztat pisarski autorów przełomu renesansu i baroku, którzy tworzyli ku ich czci.
Szymon Starowolski (1588-1656) is the author of a collection of epigraphs entitled “Monumenta Sarmatarum Viam Universae Carnis Ingressorum”. The publication is a result of many years of the author’s travel across the areas of the former Republic of Poland. It is a descriptive collection of all the inscriptions he found, especially in churches. The majority of the inscriptions are epitaphs. Prayers account for a smaller portion of the collection that one would have expected. Although eulogies can be found in every fourth Renaissance epitaph and more than one in every ten retains all the features of an apostrophe, the texts are usually written to an audience of the deceased or the bereaved. Yet the texts of prayers in the collection are greatly varied. They are told by both the buried ones and their living relatives who are praying for them. The prayers were directed to God the Father, the Christ or to Virgin Mary, and sometimes to one of the Saints. They are rarely an adoration of God. They are mainly propitiatory prayers. The prayers are calls for God to save us from trial and punishment on the one hand and calls for a happy eternal life on the other. Also, the prayers are introduced in many different ways. In some cases, the full text is a prayer. In other cases, the prayer is a separate but integral part of the text. In yet others, the prayer is a distinct element that complements the rest of the inscription. The most conspicuous feature of the prayers is the diversity of, particular, the formal aspect of the texts. Finally, Starowolski’s painstaking work on his collection nowadays allows us to discover not only heroes who have long been dead, but also the writing skills of those late Renaissance and early baroque authors who wrote prayers directed to the deceased.
Szymon Starowolski (1588-1656) is the author of a collection of epigraphs entitled “Monumenta Sarmatarum Viam Universae Carnis Ingressorum”. The publication is a result of many years of the author’s travel across the areas of the former Republic of Poland. It is a descriptive collection of all the inscriptions he found, especially in churches. The majority of the inscriptions are epitaphs. Prayers account for a smaller portion of the collection that one would have expected. Although eulogies can be found in every fourth Renaissance epitaph and more than one in every ten retains all the features of an apostrophe, the texts are usually written to an audience of the deceased or the bereaved. Yet the texts of prayers in the collection are greatly varied. They are told by both the buried ones and their living relatives who are praying for them. The prayers were directed to God the Father, the Christ or to Virgin Mary, and sometimes to one of the Saints. They are rarely an adoration of God. They are mainly propitiatory prayers. The prayers are calls for God to save us from trial and punishment on the one hand and calls for a happy eternal life on the other. Also, the prayers are introduced in many different ways. In some cases, the full text is a prayer. In other cases, the prayer is a separate but integral part of the text. In yet others, the prayer is a distinct element that complements the rest of the inscription. The most conspicuous feature of the prayers is the diversity of, particular, the formal aspect of the texts. Finally, Starowolski’s painstaking work on his collection nowadays allows us to discover not only heroes who have long been dead, but also the writing skills of those late Renaissance and early baroque authors who wrote prayers directed to the deceased.
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Szymon Starowolski, epigrafika, epigraphy, inskrypcje nagrobne, ombstone inscriptions, inskrypcje, inscriptions, dorobek Szymona Starowolskiego, work of Szymon Starowolski, dawne napisy nagrobne, old grave inscriptions, twórczość funeralna, funeral works, epigraphs, dorobek epigraficzny, renesans, barok, Polska, Renaissance, Baroque, Poland, literatura, literature, literatura dawna, old literature, literatura staropolska, old Polish literature
Cytowanie
Studia Paradyskie, 2016, t. 26, s. 139-152.
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Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Poland