The pyramids

This epitaphic panegyric written in the shape of a pyramid is dedicated to the memory of Anna Ostrogska (1575–1635). The work was written by students of the Jesuit College in Yaroslavl to commemorate the merits of the foundress and benefactress. The noble qualities of the Duchess and her benevolence are celebrated in 11 pyramid-shaped poems, each composed and signed by a different student. The text highlighted at the top of the pyramid indicates the content of the panegyric and the qualities and virtues praised: Divinorum contemplationi (Contemplation of the divine); Aeternae felicitati (Eternal happiness).

From: Monumentum gloriae magnis manibus Annae a Stembergk... Kraków, 1636.

Text compiled by M. Grubliauskas, A. Rinkūnaitė, I. Saudargienė.

Photograph by Mindaugas Česlikauskas (2025).