Berčić’s Copy of Senj’s Glagolitic Publication Meštrija Dobra Umrtija and Ritual Cover Image

Berčićev primjerak senjskoga glagoljskog izdanja Meštrija dobra umrtija s ritualom
Berčić’s Copy of Senj’s Glagolitic Publication Meštrija Dobra Umrtija and Ritual

Author(s): Ivana Eterović, Vjačeslav Kozak
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Cultural history, Preservation, Local History / Microhistory, 16th Century
Published by: Senjsko muzejsko društvo i Gradski muzej Senj
Keywords: Senj; printing; Glagolitic script; Ivan Berčić; Meštrija dobra umrtija; Ritual;

Summary/Abstract: Meštrija dobra umrtija and Ritual (The Art of Dying Well and Ritual) is one of the seven known publications of the Senj Glagolitic printing house, most likely published in 1507 or 1508. It has been preserved in two incomplete copies, one of which is part of the collection of Glagolitic manuscripts and printed matter of Ivan Berčić. Today it is kept in the Department of Rare Books of the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg. Since that copy has not yet been prepared in a Latin transcription, and whilst the Latin transcription of the second preserved copy is about to be published, this paper provides a transliteration of those pages that are preserved only in Berčić’s copy. Whereby, the entire preserved text of the Meštrija dobra umrtija and Ritual will soon be available to the public.

  • Issue Year: 50/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-106
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English, Croatian