Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.74.3.4
De sacramento matrimonii: Roman Law and Canon Law in the Croatian Glagolitic Translation of Manipulus curatorum (1507)
Henrik-Riko Held
orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-2655
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author analyses the chapter on matrimony (De sacramento matrimonii) in the Croatian Glagolitic translation of Manipulus curatorum, printed in Senj in 1507. Manipulus curatorom was originally written by Guido de Monte Rocherii in the first half of the 14th century in the Aragonian city of Teruel. This is a manual for parish priests containing basic instructions for sacraments (baptism, Holy Eucharist, matrimony, etc.), and the accompanying general theological context. Manipulus curatorum, by its nature, contains certain elements of canon law, but also Roman law (especially in the chapter on matrimony). This article focuses on these elements in the Croatian Glagolitic translation. Terminology is analysed first, including Latinisms, calques and translations into certain authentic Croatian expressions. Then, references to canon law and Roman law sources are particularly addressed, and the original Latin text is compared in this regard with the Croatian Glagolitic translation. The analysis thus tries to ascertain the level of immersion of Croatian Glagolitic culture of the late medieval and early modern period in the then extant European ius commune.
Keywords
Manipulus curatorum; glagolitic priests; matrimony; Romano-canonical legal tradition
Hrčak ID:
321044
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Publication date:
30.9.2024.
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