Summary
Josip Bratulić: Croatian written culture I.
A selection of works written in Latin, Glagolitic and Cyrillic from the VIII. to XXI. century
1. volume: VIII. - XVII. century
The monograph 'Croatian written culture' by academics Josip Bratulić and Stjepan Damjanović is the result of an effort to present the most significant traces of Croatian written culture in a historical vertical spanning thirteen centuries. The chronological presentation of cultural production includes works of different characters: most of them are from the fields of literature and linguistics, but there are also relevant theological, legal, historical, philosophical and lexicographical texts...
From the reviews: This is an extremely valuable book, a significant contribution to Croatian culture. It is written expertly, methodologically consistent, but accessible and with an appropriate discourse. It is intended for a diverse audience: intellectuals, students, the academic community in the broadest sense of the word, but also everyone who is interested in the written word and appreciates a good book. prof. Ph.D. Krešimir Nemec The book includes 200 of the most important works of Croatian written culture in the period from VIII. to the XVII. century, written in Croatian, Latin and Old Slavonic, i.e. Latin, Glagolitic and Cyrillic. All forms of written culture are represented: inscriptions, graffiti, manuscripts, printed books, and different types of books: missals, breviaries, evangelists, prayer books, collections, statutes, dictionaries, grammars, encyclopedias, lexicons and manuals. The book deals with the stylistic epochs of the Middle Ages, humanism and the Renaissance and the Baroque, with a description of historical, political, cultural, literary and linguistic events in Croatian territory from the 8th century. to the XVII. Centuries. More than 400 original art pieces in color are shown.
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