DWÓR BOGA (I ARCHANIOŁ GABRIEL) W „POŚLE NIEBIESKIM” ANDRZEJA DĘBOŁĘCKIEGO ORAZ W „POWAŻNEJ LEGACYI” ALEKSANDRA OBODZIŃSKIEGO.

The paper refers to the epic poems by the Polish baroque writers who took up religious themes, namely to Andrzej Dębołęcki’s Poseł niebieski, to jest Archanioła Gabryjela nowiny z nieba do Panny czystej Maryjej o wcieleniu Syna Bożego w jej żywot sprawującego (Message of Heavenly Envoy Archangel Gabriel to Holy Mary, Pure Virgin, about the Incarnation of the Son of God into Her Life) (Toruń 1633) and Aleksander Obodziński’s Poważna legacyja w Konsystorzu Trójce Przenaświętszej (The Important Mission in the Consistory of the Holy Trinity) (Kraków [1640]). The authors, referring to Jacopo Sannazaro’s epopee De partu Virginis, in their works presented an independent (though recalling tradition) evangelical motive of transferring Mary the message by Archangel Gabriel that she is going to be God’s Mother. It must also be mentioned that Obodziński in many places plagiarised Dębołęcki. Both of the writers focused on describing God’s estate, and first and foremost on the appearance of Archangel Gabriel and his diplomatic skills which he showed as the envoy sent with the Annunciation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]