Jacob Merler’s “Psalterium Tempore Belli” and Wojciech Stanisław Chrościński’s “Prayer” in the Trend of Religious and Literary Tradition Cover Image

„Psalterium tempore belli” Jacoba Merlera oraz „Pacierz” Wojciecha Stanisława Chrościńskiego w nurcie tradycji religijnej i literackiej
Jacob Merler’s “Psalterium Tempore Belli” and Wojciech Stanisław Chrościński’s “Prayer” in the Trend of Religious and Literary Tradition

Author(s): Jan Andrzej Choroszy
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jacob Merler's "Psalterium tempore belli"; Wojciech Stanisław Chrościński's "Pacierz [Prayer]"

Summary/Abstract: The article’s subject matter is the fortune of “The Lord’s Prayer” seen as a text of culture, which includes, inter alia, shifts into various ideological registers and circulations as well as presence in both religious and literary tradition. The author discusses Jacob Merler’s 1630 liturgy “Psalterium tempore belli,” its two (French and Polish) translations from the end of the 18th c. and a verse paraphrase of a baroque poet Stanisław Chrościński (“Pacierz <Prayer>” from the year 1710). In the last piece the author of the article sees the first on the Polish ground patriotic prayer and a hypothetical example of unnoticed relationships between high-artistic literature and popular devotional writing, especially with prayer books.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-68
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish