In Purest Sorrow | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Also known as | W żalu najczystszym |
Date | 1942 |
Language(s) | Polish |
Size | 23×14 cm, 20 leaves [1] |
Accession | Rps 7978 I [1] |
In Purest Sorrow ( Polish: W żalu najczystszym) is a hand-made volume of poetry by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński from 1942. [2]
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński was the greatest Polish poet of the Generation of Columbuses. [3] He died in 1944 in the Warsaw Uprising. [3] The volume was the poet's wedding gift to his wife, Barbara Baczyńska (née Drapczyńska). [2] It was hand-written and ornamented by the poet himself. [3] The manuscript consists of 20 thick, light brown leaves sewn together with cotton filament. [3] Each of the 18 poems in the volume, written in Baczyński's own hand, opens with a large colourful initial. [3] Beneath the autographs of 13 poems are small watercolours painted by the poet. [3]
The manuscript was purchased by the National Library of Poland in 1963 from Baczyński's mother-in-law, Feliksa Drapczyńska. In 2021 the volume was inscribed on UNESCO’S Memory of the World Register. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at the permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [4] [2]
In Purest Sorrow | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Also known as | W żalu najczystszym |
Date | 1942 |
Language(s) | Polish |
Size | 23×14 cm, 20 leaves [1] |
Accession | Rps 7978 I [1] |
In Purest Sorrow ( Polish: W żalu najczystszym) is a hand-made volume of poetry by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński from 1942. [2]
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński was the greatest Polish poet of the Generation of Columbuses. [3] He died in 1944 in the Warsaw Uprising. [3] The volume was the poet's wedding gift to his wife, Barbara Baczyńska (née Drapczyńska). [2] It was hand-written and ornamented by the poet himself. [3] The manuscript consists of 20 thick, light brown leaves sewn together with cotton filament. [3] Each of the 18 poems in the volume, written in Baczyński's own hand, opens with a large colourful initial. [3] Beneath the autographs of 13 poems are small watercolours painted by the poet. [3]
The manuscript was purchased by the National Library of Poland in 1963 from Baczyński's mother-in-law, Feliksa Drapczyńska. In 2021 the volume was inscribed on UNESCO’S Memory of the World Register. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at the permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [4] [2]