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Msza przed trybunałem. Personifikacja Mszy w spolszczonym dialogu Bernardina Ochina na tle europejskiej literatury reformacyjnej pierwszej połowy XVI wieku

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Kordyzon W.

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2019

vol. 21

issue 2 (51)

215-244

The first part of the paper is to introduce the main motif of Bernardino Ochino’s Trajedyja o Mszej (Tragedy on Mass) published in Polish translation in 1560. The work tells the story of a trial of the personified Mass indicted by figures that can be identified with the Reformation and the individuals engaged in it. The Author discusses the structure of this literary dialogue and describes briefly the characters involved in the plot with their polemical background (these include in particular personifications of the Mass, the Lord’s Supper, and the Roman Church, as well as figures of the Pope, Satan, Holy Spirit, and a metonymic protagonist named the Lover of God’s Glory). The second part presents the context of literary tradition, where Mass was personified for controversial purposes, mainly by authors connected with the Reformation. The motif of a personified Mass was probably introduced in Swiss pamphlets of the 1520s (Krankheit und Testament der Messe by Niklaus Manuel, Querela Missae by Johannes Atrocianus). The concept of accusing Mass of dishonesty and performing her trial was recognised as an innovation of English Protestant writings of the late 1540s (esp. William Punt’s and William Turner’s dialogues). The aforementioned texts are juxtaposed with Ochino’s dialogue to show the probable origins of the concept used in his text, as well as to specify additional motifs combined by him (and consequently the Polish translator). The similarities between Ochino’s work and the texts chosen, as well as Ochino’s connections with the places of publication of these texts, allow us to see them as part of a small yet consistent subtype of Protestant polemical writings, which Ochino chose to use and modify for controversial purposes.

Zbiory emblematyczne w kolekcji Gabinetu Starych Druków Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie. Przegląd bibliograficzny i proweniencyjny

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Kordyzon W., Osuch M.

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2021

vol. 23

issue 3 (60)

341-364

This paper presents synthetic information on the exhibition of early printed books from the collection of the Early Printed Books Department of the University of Warsaw Library, organized for the participants of the Seminar on emblems on 23–24 May 2019, at the Artes Liberales Faculty. The goal of this paper is to discuss a selection of emblem books being part of the library collection, with special focus on their provenance. The books are divided into four main thematic groups: 1. Meditative emblems devoted to religion; 2. Emblem literature of formative function 3. Emblems for specific occasions; 4. Emblematic compendia. It is pointed out that a large number of the emblem books under discussion originate from libraries of religious orders.

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Msza przed trybunałem. Personifikacja Mszy w spolszczonym dialogu Bernardina Ochina na tle europejskiej literatury reformacyjnej pierwszej połowy XVI wieku

Zbiory emblematyczne w kolekcji Gabinetu Starych Druków Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie. Przegląd bibliograficzny i proweniencyjny