A collection of Latin poems titled {Septem sidera} – several remarks on its authorship, Christian symbolism and iconography
Zbiór łacińskich wierszy zatytułowany {Septem sidera} – kilka uwag na temat autorstwa, symboliki chrześcijańskiej i ikonografii

Summary/Abstract: A collection of Latin poems titled {Septem sidera} was first published in Krakow in 1629 in the printing house of Franciscus Cezary. Jan Brożek (Ioannes Broscius), a celebrated scholar and professor at the Academy of Cracow, edited this book. Brożek was also the author of the preface and of the dedication to Pope Urban VIII. He claimed to have found the poems amidst the documents left by Nicolaus Copernicus. Jerzy Krókowski analysed these poems in his book {De septem sideribus quae Nicolao Copernico vulgo tribuuntur} (Cracow 1926). Krókowski argued that the poems contained distinctive features of {parodia sacra} that were practised in the seventeenth century. The scholar concluded that the cycle of {Septem sidera} was probably written within Jesuit circles. The author of this article completes Krókowski’s argumentation by paying attention to the presence of Christian symbolism and juxtaposing the Latin text with Jesuit iconography.

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