W sprawie chronologii Kazań świętokrzyskich
On the chronology of Kazania świętokrzyskie (The Holy Cross Sermons)

Summary/Abstract: Numerous scholars have done research in the area of the chronology of one of the most important relics of the Polish language, i.e. Kazania świętokrzyskie (The Holy Cross Sermons). They took divergent standpoints as to the age of the sermons which have been dated between the 12th and mid-14th centuries. The present article makes use of language data obtained from documents dated precisely for the 13th and 14th centuries. The most important features are the spelling and pronunciation of nasal vowels. Having analyzed these and some other features, the author concludes that the text of The Holy Cross Sermons, which is a copy of an older original, probably dates back to the early 14th century. The original version is not much older, going back perhaps to the turn of the 14th century.

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