Original scientific paper
CROATIAN CALENDAR TRADITION: THE FIRST CENTENNIAL CALENDAR IN CROATIAN
Marijana Borić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-0888
; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Abstract
The paper represents the first complete analysis of the natural science
texts published in the enlightenment Centennial calendar of Varazdin
professor Antun Rozic and his contribution to Croatian calendar tradition,
made from the aspect of the history of science. Centennial calendar
was explored from the natural science and astronomy point of view.
Its influence was also explained since it was one of the most often read
books in the 19th century in Northern Croatia. The work was compared
with chronological line of older Croatian popular calendars preceded by
the German original M. Knauer’s Centennial calendar on the basis of
which it was partly made. The paper analyzes in details heterogeneous
materials given by the Centennial calendar. Rozic’s work is especially
compared with the calendars of the most productive pre-enlightenment
writer Tomas Miklousic. It also explores the influence of the older authors.
Significance which the calendars had in enlightening Croatian
people is also interpreted. Different natural science contents, published
by both authors in their works, are compared. Besides the analysis from
the aspect of the history of science, Rozic’s calendar was also shown as
a practical book, everyday guidebook for all people, written with the
aim to enlighten and improve life and economy. Different topics were
analyzed: natural science, astronomy, astrology, calendar, meteorology,
economy, pharmacology, veterinary medicine and agriculture. In the
period when it was made it was the first real encyclopedia of practical
knowledge for improvement of life and economy.
Keywords
Croatian calendar tradition; enlightenment calendars; centennial calendar; natural science texts; astronomy; popular guidebook
Hrčak ID:
216838
URI
Publication date:
15.7.2015.
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