Psałterz Dawidów (1543) Mikołaja Reja wobec stylistycznych wzorców polszczyzny biblijnej
The David Psalter (1543) by Mikołaj Rej in the light of the stylistic patterns of the Polish biblical language in the first half of the 16th century

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to reflect on most important stylistic properties the David Psalter [Psałterz Dawidów] (1543) by Mikołaj Rej in the light of stylistic patterns of the Polish biblical language in the first half of the 16th century. The scholars consider the existence of two parallel biblical stylistic patterns of translated works in the middle of the 16th century: (1) a traditional pattern with stylistic elements typical of the artistic and rhetorical style; and (2) an innovative pattern with modernistic elements and the abundant existence of vernacular everyday speech. The existing research that focuses on the translation techniques links the David Psalter to the modernistic tendencies. It also emphasises that Mikołaj Rej refers to the tradition of free translation presented in Poland in the translation of Walenty Wróbel. The analysis of the article indicates that Mikołaj Rej consciously follows two mentioned patterns and that there is an unexpected abundance of elements typical of the traditional biblical style. In turn, the innovative patterns, clearly visible in other works of Mikołaj Rej, are scarce and carefully applied while preserving the lexemes which form the traditional features of the biblical Polish language.

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