Jan Gawiński’s Helikon - the Editor’s Gloss

Abstract

The article has a documentative character. It includes a description of Jan Gawiński's manuscript of Helicon – its outward look is discussed (its today's state was confronted with the evidence concerning the primary shape of the book), and a full table of its contents is presented. The facts concerning the history of the manuscript are listed and its way through the history is briefly described. Damages to the manuscript are indicated and doubtful or unexplained questions are listed (among others, the dating of particular works, a division into sets of works within Helikon, the function of the book).