Review article
https://doi.org/10.21857/mzvkpto419
DOBROMIR GOSPEL IN VATROSLAV JAGIĆ’S RESEARCH
Emilija Crvenkovska
Abstract
Vatroslav Jagić devoted substantial attention to Macedonian contribution to
Old Slavonic/Church Slavonic, implying that the foundation of this language rests
upon in Macedonian dialects from the Thessaloniki area. Thus, together with Vatroslav
Oblak, he established the Macedonian theory regarding the folk foundation
of the Old Slavonic.
Jagić research was primarily centred on the canonical gospels. His interest in
gospels continues with the paper on the oldest Cyrillic Church Slavonic four-gospel
which is placed on the borderline between Glagolitic and Cyrillic literacy, which is
the Dobromir Gospel from the XII century. Jagić highlights the Macedonian features
of the manuscript, determines its Macedonian origin based on orthographical,
phonological, morphological, and lexical attributes, and identifies its similarities
with the Glagolitic literary tradition. He dated the time of origin of the manuscript,
named it according to the record of the priest Dobromir, identified its similarities
with the Glagolitic literary tradition, and emphasised its features that relates it with
the Macedonian language areal. Jagić uses the term Macedonian school, Macedonian
area.
Later on, Dobromir Gospel has become a subject of interest of many eminent
Slavistics scholars. This paper summarizes the basic conclusions emerging from
the Jagić’s study, compared to the latest research of this manuscript which supplements
Jagić’s conclusions, as well as some points of view which differ from his opinions.
This manuscript offers rich material for Church Slavonic, especially through
the abundance of lexical forms, and it also points out to interlinguistic contacts.
Keywords
Vatroslav Jagić; Macedonian Theory; Macedonian School; Dobromir Gospel; linguistic features.
Hrčak ID:
326017
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Publication date:
31.12.2024.
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