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| Keywords: Twardowski mirror.jpg Twardowski mirror Zwierciadło Twardowskiego Alloy of silver gold zinc and tin mirror wood cm 56 46 5 0 8 Węgrów Basilica of the Assumption Inscription in Latin LVSERAT HOC SPECVLO MAGICAS TWARDOVIUS ARTES LVSUS AT ISTE DEI VERSVS IN OBSEQVIAM EST Twardowski played with this mirror performing magical tricks now it is destined to serve God According to the legend in 1569 the king Sigismund Augustus who was in mourning after death of his beloved wife Barbara Radziwiłł asked the renowned sorcerer Master Twardowski to evoke her ghost The experiment was successful with support of a magic mirror which today is kept in Węgrów Object history century 16 gift Franciszek Krasiński 1525-1577 Bodzentyn Master Twardowski ca 1711 gift Assumption Church Węgrów Jan Dobrogost Krasiński 1639-1717 http //www wilanow-palac pl/image php/2351/44_zwierciadlo_twardowskiego jpg www wilanow-palac pl century 16 mirror 1711 frame Italy/Germany mirror Poland frame Other versions Woodcut Woodcut Kłosy Volume 13 author 1871 PD-old-100 Basilica of the Assumption in Węgrów Pan Twardowski Antique mirrors Magic mirrors Mirrors in Poland | ||||
