Jan ze Stobnicy, Rudolf z Wasserburga i pieśń saficka do biskupa Jana Lubrańskiego
Jan of Stobnica, Rudolph of Wasserburg, and a Sapphic Poem to Jan Lubrański, the Bishop of Poznań
Author(s): Robert K. ZawadzkiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Renaissance literature; panegyric; Sapphic verse; Polish culture
Summary/Abstract: The article offers an overview of the poetical material circulating in a Latin poem by Rudolph of Wasserburg which was inserted into an astronomical and geographical treatise “Introductio in Ptolemaei Cosmographiam cum longitudinibus et latitudinibus regionum et civitatum celebriorum” (Cracoviae 1512, 1517) of Jan of Stobnica (1470–1530). As a Sapphic verse, Rudolph’s poem offers tales of the achievements of Jan Lubrański, the Bishop of Poznań, which were praised and admired in order to meet the tastes and cultural expectations of contemporary readers, thus becoming a testimony to the bishop’s outstanding personality. Among others, the article examines his actions and deeds eulogised in the poem, such as building churches and patronage of the arts.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 113/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 33-45
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish