„Grecyzm Juwenala”. Glosa do prologu "Kroniki" Mistrza Wincentego
“Juvenal’s Greek”. Glosses to proloque of "Chronicle" by Master Wincenty

Summary/Abstract: The subject-matter of the article constitutes a small fragment of the proloque to "Chronicle" by Master Wincenty, called Kadłubek (approx. 1150–1223), namely scribendi cathetes so far identified with Juvenal’s Greek, that is the expression scribendi cacoethes, known from the seventh satire (VII 52) of the Roman poet. In this philological study, the author of the article questions the findings reached by predecessors and points to the possibility of borrowing a quotation from works by John of Salisbury, a poem entitled "Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum" ("Entheticus maior") or one of the letters addressed to William Briton. In order to accept this hypothesis, the author pays attention to other textual similarities between the "Chronicle" of the Polish historian and works written by the English writer, especially a treatise called "Policraticus". The analogies point to the possibility of using the works by John of Salisbury, and, what is more, constitute a starting point for further considerations on biography and intellectual formation of Master Wincenty. In the last part of the article, the author paid attention to a relative popularity and topicality of Juvenal’s Greek in the Polish and European literature from the 14th to the 20th century, starting from Francesco Petrarca and finishing with Zenon Przesmycki.

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