Original scientific paper
Graphic and phonological features of the Psalter of the Academy’s Breviary
Marinka Šimić
Abstract
The linguistic analysis of the Psalter of the Akademy’s Breviary on phonological and graphic level has shown that this croato-glagolic manuscript written in Istria in the second half or in the end of the 14th century. It was determined basing on the following graphic and phonological features: writing of jer, jat, đerv, consonant cluster žd etc. The following linguistic features prove belonging of the breviary to the northern, conservative group: proper writing of štapić in the place of jer, correct keeping of jat, with unknown ekavian influence, traditional writing of žd, the examples poětb, priětb.
For closer determination of the place of origin of BrAc we can use examples with the replacement of o by u: stupi (instead of stopi), neporučnb (instead of neporočnb), pugubitb (instead of pogubitb). The similar phenomenon has been noted in the dialect of Lipa (Opatian kras), as well as in some other north-western čakavian dialects.
The analysis of the Breviary on the phonological and grafical level shows that the Psalter of BrAc has been written in more correct Church Slavonic language, in comparison with PsPar, and especially with PsLob.
Keywords
Psalter; Academy’s breviary; phonology; Croatian Church Slavonic; croatoglagolitic manuscript; Glagolitic script
Hrčak ID:
9339
URI
Publication date:
26.2.2007.
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