Jeszcze jeden przyczynek do recepcji twórczości Sannazara w literaturze staropolskiej
Another Contribution to Sannazaro’s Creativity Reception in Old Polish Literature

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article examines the sources and the circumstances of producing a collection of Passion pieces by Stanisław Grochowski entitled “Cudowne wiersze z indyjskiego języka przełożone [...]” (“Wonderful Verses from the Indian Language”, 1611), and especially “Druga żałoba Panny Naświętszej” (“Holy Mary’s Second Mourning”) contained in it. The poem turns out to be a paraphrased translation of a fragment “De partu Virginis” by Jacopo Sannazaro presenting in King David’s prophetic vision the future torment of Christ and the suffering of his mother. Sannazaro’s “Planctus Mariae” survived as a separate composition in a few handwritten codices and was also quoted as an independent piece in old preachments and meditations about the Passion. An analysis of Grochowski’s poem proves that the Polish poet used this kind of account—the view is also supported by a comparative analysis as well as by the information added to the title of the poem about offering it to Pope Adrian VI.

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