Original scientific paper
TOPONYMS IN GLAGOLITIC TESTAMENTS FROM THE 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY ON WESTERN ISLANDS OF ZADAR ARCHIPELAGO
Ivica Vigato
; Odjel za izobrazbu učitelja i odgojitelja Sveučilišta u Zadru, Zadar, Hrvatska
Abstract
Toponyms as well as any other linguistic facts are subject to change due to the development of language, but they also adjust to the social and historical circumstances. This paper gives the toponyms in the Glagolitic last wills from the 16th, 17th and 18th century found on Ist, Molat, Olib and Silba and compares them with the identical place names noted in the monographs by Petar Skok, Vladimir Skračić and Ante Jurić (only for Ist), which display the toponomastic research on these northern Dalmatian islands. Using a contrastive approach, the author determines that some toponyms by their sound system are the same as today, some
have undergone sound changes and others have disappeared. Some toponyms were confirmed by informers although in previous research they had not been registered. The idea of this work was to be a supplement to the already existing, extremely extensive and valuable toponomastic research.
Keywords
Ist; Molat; Olib; Silba; Glagolitic testaments; toponyms
Hrčak ID:
153566
URI
Publication date:
19.2.2016.
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