Original scientific paper
Allegoric codes in the XIII canto of Marko Marulić the Davidias
Miroslav Palameta
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split
Abstract
Marulić’s statement that he recounted “the works of king David by remaining faithful to their record depicted in the holy books” has been accepted and interperted in the recent critiqual responses in the sense that the author of the Davidias faithfully adhered to the books of kings and the biblical tradition. Examining this assertion in the XIII canto, this paper reveals clear traces of other texts too, especially psalms, whose contents were over stylized by respecting the hundred years long reading tradition and interpretation of psalms to holy fathers and teachers. Given that this is a clear sign of allegoric codes in the text and not only in its annex titled “The allegoric interpretation of the Davidias,” this intertextual analysis examines the sections inspired by sacred meanings of an exegetic explanation of biblical events portraying king David, that is, the poet’s personal contributions to that tradition. To that end, the paper demonstrates that the allegoric discourse in the actual verses complements the discourse of the Allegoric interpretation and that the poet – in versifying the biblical paradigm – christianised some events to make them acceptable for the allegoric reading and experience, and that his syntagm about the holy books refers to not only to the biblical texts but also those of the New Testament as well as holy fathers and teachers.
Keywords
Marko Marulić; Davidias; code; patristics; psalm; tropology
Hrčak ID:
126121
URI
Publication date:
19.8.2014.
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