Mikoà Âaj Radomski, also called Mikoà Âaj z Radomia and Nicholas of Radom, was an early 15th-century Polish composer. He was connected with the court of Wà Âadysà Âaw Jagieà Âà Âo and wrote polyphonic music renowned for its expression of religious contemplation.
Mikoà Âaj z Radomia was a Polish composer working in the first half of the 15th century, probably in Kraków, known only through his signatures on a few compositions: âÂÂN. de RadomâÂÂ, âÂÂNicolaus de Radomâ and âÂÂMycolay RadomskyâÂÂ. Searches for the composer's identity have not brought any results so far. Hypotheses have been put forward in the literature (for example H. Musielak) linking the identity of Mikoà Âaj with any person in the sources with that name (e.g. âÂÂNicolaus clavicembalista dominae reginae Poloniaeâ from 1422, âÂÂNicolaus Geraldi de RadomâÂÂ, who studied in Kraków, where he gained his master's degree, and in the years 1389âÂÂ91 was named in the Vatican acts as a spiritual person born in Radom and linked with the Kraków diocese, a few Mikoà Âajs from Radom studying in the Kraków Academy in the years 1420, 1426 and others, a few signed in manuscripts from the second half of the 14th century and the second half of the 15th century from the Jagiellonian Library and the psaltery of the Wawel Cathedral in 1460) but have not been confirmed to date. Compositions signed with the name M. and to date not identified as works of other composers are noted with black mensura in two Polish collections of polyphonic music from the second quarter of the 15th century (1440?): in manuscripts of the à Âwidzià Âski Library, later the Krasià Âski Library signature 52, now the National Library signature III 8054 and a manuscript in the Zaà Âuski Library, next the Imperial Library in St Petersburg signature F. Lat. I 378 and next in the University Library in Warsaw, then the National Library, lost during the second world war and now known through microfilm copies (incomplete) and hand-written transcriptions made from the original by M. Szczepaà Âska and kept in the PAN Institute of Art in Warsaw; both manuscripts are published in ëAntiquitates Musicae in Poloniaû.