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Poem #16

Epithalamium Sigismundi et Barbarae. Commendatio
written before 1512-02-12 first edition 1512-02-12

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, BCz, 254, p. 78
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 212, f. 37r
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 219, f. 35r


Early printed source materials:
1DANTISCUS 1512 (Ad Sigismundum Epithalamii commendatio) (in extenso)
2DANTISCUS 1764 (Epithalamium in nuptiis Sigismundi I regis Poloniae et illustrissimae principis Barbarae e comitibus Sepusiensis) p. 3-16 (in extenso)

Prints:
1DANTISCUS 1938 (Dedykacja Epithalamium) No. 1, p. 2 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
2Dantisci Carmina (Epithalamium Sigismundi et Barbarae. Commendatio) No. 12. 1, p. 42 (in extenso)
3Najstarsza (Epithalamium) p. 95-109 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
4Antologia 1985 (Poeta poleca Zygmuntowi pieśń weselną na ślub Zygmunta z Barbarą) p. 221 (Polish translation, Edwin JĘDRKIEWICZ)
5DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Ad Sigismundum commendatio / Przesłanie do Zygmunta) p. 46 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)
6Polnische (Empfehlung an Siigsmund) p. 39 (German translation, Hans-Peter HOELSCHER-OBERMAIER)

 

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Nullus Alexandri effigiem nisi Cous Apelles
Audebat priscis pingere temporibus.
Nil leve, nil crudum maiestas regia poscit,
Nil, quam quod iusto pondere pondus habet.
5
Hinc vereor, regum specimen, Sigismunde, decusque,
Incultum tibi quid ne mea Musa ferat.
Esset opus, fateor, Flacco magnoque Marone,
Calliopes nato Maeonioque sene,
Hoc iam coniugii praesertim tempore sacri
10
Ut faustos canerent tempus in omne toros.
Non tamen audaces potui retinere Camenas,
In laudem dicunt quae bona verba tuam.
Suscipias clemens, rex inclute! Suscipit, inquam,
Immensus parvas Ennosigaeus aquas.
15
Dent alii gemmas, aurum, dent serica multa;
Tu gemmas, aurum, serica multa tenes.
Ast ego do carmen; sacri dant carmina vates,
Quae famam claris saepe dedere viris.
Sume tui scribae subito conflata calore
20
Munera, quo superi pectore tura solent!