Original scientific paper
“The Cry of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God” from Vrbnik, from the End of 15th Century
Kristina Štrkalj Despot
; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In this paper the Latin transcription of the Glagolitic Vrbnički plač from the end of 15th or the beginning of 16th century, which originated on the Krk island, is published. Vrbnički plač is Croatian medieval dramatic poem describing Virgin Mary’s sorrow for the passion of her son. In the manuscript that poem is entitled as: The Cry of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. It is stored in the Archive of Croatian Academy of Science and Art (sign. VII 160), and separately embodied in a little book containing 27 a-b folios. Linguistic characteristics of the text Vrbnički plač confi rm its provenience from the Krk island: it is written in a literary language based on the Middlechakawian (i-e) dialect, with local linguistic characteristics, typical for the Krk island.
Keywords
The Cry of the Virgin Mary; medieval Croatian drama; Middlechakavian dialect
Hrčak ID:
68598
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Publication date:
11.5.2010.
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