Šimun Klimantović (…) Neither a Writer nor a Writer Beneath One
Keywords:
Croatian medieval literature, Šimun Klimatović, franciscan, medieval proceedings, Klimatovićev zbornik I, GlagoliticismAbstract
Šimun Klimantović (?1464-1544?), a Tertiary Franciscan, has made a valuable contribution to the
literary-cultural domain of life on the area stretching from Lukoran near Zadar, Zaglava near St.
Mihovil on the island of Dugi otok, over the island of Galevac near Preko, to Glavotok on the
island of Krk an Komrčar on the island of Rab, with his five manuscripts. Although previous
research has tried to emphasise the importance of his ‘mission’, a systematic research into his
work has never been conducted. The paper emphasises his contribution as a note-taker and editor
to the Klimantovićev zbornik I, and suggests a genealogical description. Special attention is given
to fraške as a tentative auctor’s trace that he left in his manuscripts. Klimantović is perceived as a
‘writer’ in this paper with the purpose of confirming the hypothesis on the so-called Glagolitic
Humanism.
