Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/Croatica.63.1
"FLOWER OF VIRTUE" IN THE TKON MISCELLANY: ABOUT THE KITE BIRD AND THE ENVY
Antonija Zaradija Kiš
orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-9398
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
Abstract
In the paper the author analyses the Flower of Virtue (Cvêt od krêposti) in the Tkon Miscellany from the 16th century, a Croatian Glagolitic collection of various texts among which a special significance has the translation of a popular Italian work Fiore di Virtù. The appearance of this work in Western European literature has a special place in relation to pondering upon human flaws and virtues that have always been of human interest in the context of their understanding and description. A special attention is given to the relationship of the human towards the animal as well as to the place of the animal in understanding of oneself with a particular reflection to envy as a human flaw and its comparison to a kite bird.
Keywords
bird; envy; Fiore di virtù; flaw; glagolitic litarature; kite; Tkon Miscellany
Hrčak ID:
237237
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Publication date:
28.4.2020.
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