Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s <i>Naslidovan’je</i>

Horvat, Marijana; Radošević, Andrea

doi:10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2026.

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https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je

Marijana Horvat orcid.org/0000-0003-1798-1098 ; Institut za hrvatski jezik, Zagreb
Andrea Radošević orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-0573 ; Staroslavenski institut, Zagreb

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APA 6th Edition

Horvat, M. & Radošević, A. (2026). Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, 52 (1). https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

MLA 8th Edition

Horvat, Marijana and Andrea Radošević. "Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je." Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, vol. 52, no. 1, 2026 https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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Horvat, Marijana and Andrea Radošević. "Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je." Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik 52, no. 1 https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

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Horvat, M., and Radošević, A. (2026). 'Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je', Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, 52(1). https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

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Horvat M, Radošević A. Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 August 24];52(1). https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

IEEE

M. Horvat and A. Radošević, "Literary-Linguistic View of Marulić’s Naslidovan’je", Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, vol.52, no. 1, 2026. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.8

Abstract

Od naslidovan’ja Isukarstova i od pogarjen’ja tašćin segasvitnjih by Marko Marulić is the oldest known Croatian translation of the famous medieval work De Imitatione Christi, which is now most often attributed to Thomas Hämmerken, born in the German town of Kempen (hence the names Thomas Kempis or Thomas Kempensky). The work quickly became popular after its release and remains so to this day, earning the title of “the fifth gospel.” Marko Marulić translated it from Latin into Croatian one year before he wrote his Judita, the epic that would establish him as the father of Croatian literature. It represents a Chakavian stylization of literary language at the very end of the 15th century. Naslidovan’je was first published in full only in 1989, in two separate editions: one prepared by Milan Moguš and another by Zvonimir Kulundžić and Julije Derossi. This study briefly analyzes the Latin original and the issues related to its authorship, providing an overview of Croatian translations with a special focus on the significance of Marulić’s translation, its place in Croatian cultural history, and its fate (London manuscript, Zadar manuscript, disappearance). It also examines the content of Naslidovan’je within the context of literature written in spirit of devotio moderna. Thus, the text of Naslidovan’je is approached from various perspectives (textological, literary-historical, and linguistic-historical), offering a comprehensive philological analysis.