Colloquia Maruliana, Vol. 6 , 1997.
Original scientific paper
Did Marulić Omit the Episode of Paluša?
Branimir Glavičić
Abstract
The Regum Dalmatiae et Croatiae gesta, Marulić’s Latin translation of the so called Hrvatska kronika (the Croatian Chronicle History), part of the Ljetopis Popa Dukljanina(Priest Dukljanin’s Chronicle) has come down to us in several second-hand transcripts.Historians have long been accustomed to rely on the one copied by the 17th century historian Ivan Lučić (Ioannes Lucius), brought out in his book De regno Dalmatiae et Croatiae;it is still considered the most correct and reliable of all. Yet, intrigued by the fact that it omits the episode concerned with the hunter Tihomil (chap. XXIII), which causes considerable inconsistency in narration, the author has decided to challenge the general belief.The result is the surprising discovery that the earliest transcript of Marulić’s translation,copied in the 16th century, kept in the Milanese Ambrosiana and up to now rarely utilized by the specialists, contains the complete episode in Marulić’s original poetic treatment.His discovery provides evidence that Marulić translated the episode and that it was later omitted, by accident, from Lucius’ transcript.
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9570
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Publication date:
22.4.1997.
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