The Inscription of Norwid's Text as a Contemporary Problem of Editorship

Abstract

The paper deals with those elements of Norwid's inscription which are distinctly bearers of meanings. The problem is discussed on the basis of the Vade-mecum. The paper outlines twentieth-century research on Norwid's inscription, following by a description of those elements which have a textological, editorial and typographic meaning. The description is associated by an analysis of some editorial difficulties together with a proposal of new modernising solutions.