The “Lublin Old-polish Library” Series
The “Lublin Old-polish Library” Series

Summary/Abstract: Last year, the eighth volume of the “Lublin Old-Polish Library” was published. It contains an edition of Kazania lubelskie (The Lublin Sermons) by Andrzej Kochanowski with critical apparatus. The aim of this fast-developing series initiated in 2004 is to present the diverse and rich literature, yet often unknown today, “created in the historical area of the Lublin Region from the sixteenth to the middle of the eighteenth century” (vol. 1, p. 5). The series was opened with two volumes edited by Ryszard Montusiewicz and published by the Norbertinum publishing house: Żale nagrobne na śmierć Jana Kochanowskiego (Epitaphs on the Death of Jan Kochanowski) (vol. 1) and Hymny na święta Panny Naświętszej (Hymns for the Feasts of Holy Mary) by Piotr Ciekliński, a poet connected with the environment of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski (vol. 2). In 2007, three more volumes were published under the auspices of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Publishing House: Pieśni, psalmy i wiersze polskie (Songs, Psalms and Polish poems) by Jakub Lubelczyk selected and arranged by Katarzyna Meller (vol. 3); the volume Książę Janusz Wiśniowiecki (1596–1636) w lubelskich kazaniach pogrzebowych (Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki (1596–1636) in Lublin Funeral Sermons), containing the sermons of Bonawentura Czarliński and Marcin Czarnocki published by Michał Kuran (vol. 4); and Satyr na twarz Rzeczypospolitej (Satire/ Satyr on the Face of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Samuela Twardowskiego edited by Sławomir Baczewski (vol. 5). In 2009, the series was extended by Kometa, to jest pogróżka z nieba (Comet, i.e. a Threat from Heaven) of predicatory character, written by Mateusz Bembus, edited by Sławomir Baczewski and Anna Nowicka-Struska (vol. 6), as well as Wirydarz krześcijański (Christian Viridarium) together with the Apoteka Ducha świętego (Pharmacy of the Holy Spirit) of Jakub Lubelczyk published by Katarzyna Meller (vol. 7). In 2010, the last of the hitherto existing volumes was published: it contained the aforementioned Lublin Sermons by the Carmelite Andrzej Kochanowski, edited by Anna Nowicka-Struska (vol. 8). The editions of occasional predicatory works are a particularly important initiative because critical editions of texts of this kind are still rare, despite their undeniable artistic merits and value as sources.

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