Wokół „Zwierciadła kroniki litewskiej” Macieja Stryjkowskiego
On Maciej Stryjkowski’s “Zwierciadło kroniki litewskiej” (“Mirror of Lithuanian Chronicle”)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is “Zwierciadło kroniki litewskiej” (“Mirror of Lithuanian Chronicle”), now unknown piece by Maciej Stryjkowski which, in the opinion of its author, was published in the year 1577. The present sketch recollects the state of art in the text as well as analyses the 16th c. pieces of evidence that confirm the existence of this print and informs about its peculiarities. As based on such evidence and due to an analysis of the title of the piece, the author of the paper reconstructs its theme, genre, the writing form of Stryjkowski’s composition, and the probable mode of organising its content. Oszczęda’s observation points out that “Mirror [...]” was a verse historical-genealogical compendium about the family elite of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania and that it contained characteristics of the Jagiellonian dynasty rulers written in Polish and supplemented with notes on margins. The author of the paper also links this work with a poem by Maciej Stryjkowski of which a unique copy is treasured at Ossoliński National Institute, she dates back the composition to the year 1577, as well as recognises the piece as the only existing fragment of “Zwierciadło kroniki litewskiej” “(Mirror of Lithuanian Chronicle”).

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