Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31745/s.70.9
THE GLAGOLITIC READING COMMUNITY OF THE SECOND BERAM BREVIARY
Marija-Ana DÜRRIGL
orcid.org/0000-0002-7715-1953
; Old Church Slavonic Institute, Zagreb (Croatia)
Andrea RADOŠEVIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-0573
; Old Church Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The Second Beram Breviary from the 15th century reflects the relationship between members of the Glagolitic reading community and liturgical books. Although the study of the latter is in its early stages, a parallel reading of liturgical (but also non-liturgical) books can lead to new conclusions about the relation of the Glagolites toward books within a given »community«. Traces of reading the breviary were left by different members of the community: translators, scribes, readers, users, etc. The scribe and readers/users write down instructions and admonitions, probably prompted by the occasional mistaken reading or understanding of any given text. As the breviary is a liturgical book, the correct transmission of the lesson was of utmost importance. Therefore some »critical places« were reinforced by such instructions, which occur most often is sermons and parts of saints’ legends, but are usually omitted from the Gospel passages. Various notes and the ways in which texts were copied from older sources reflect the importance given to the reception of the given text.
Keywords
Reading Community; Breviary; Second Beram Breviary; Croatian Glagolitic Literacy
Hrčak ID:
231694
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2019.
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