Rzecz o "mirrowym snopku" : w poszukiwaniu znaczenia i popularności użycia w XVIII wieku

Abstract

The article concerns the expression of mirrowy snopek appearing in the 17th and 18th centuries in passion texts. In order to define the meaning of the collocation that is unknown today, the author of the article analyses semantically lexical units such as snopek and mirra, as well as a whole expression snopek miry. The research material constitutes mainly the slogan articles of the historical dictionaries, as well as etymological ones and plant symbolism. In order to broaden a research perspective, the material analysed is presented in the context of Latin counterparts: fasciculus, myrrha and fasciculus myrrhae. The aim of the text is to find out why the very expression used to imply passion in a clear‑cut way, and why did not stand the test of time.