Gotfrydo Ostermejerio prierašai Jokūbo Brodovskio rankraščiuose: Litauische Sprichwörter und Rätsel ir Lexicon Germanico-Lithvanicvm et Lithvanico-Germanicvm
Gottfried Ostermeyer’s inscriptions in the manuscripts of Jacob Brodowski: Litauische Sprichwörter und Rätsel and Lexicon Germanico-Lithvanicvm et Lithvanico-Germanicvm

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the problem of authorship of the manuscript collection of sayings, proverbs and riddles Litauische Sprichwörter und Rätsel (PR) kept at the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LMAVB RS : F 137–1). Amidst the units of small folklore recorded by the principal compiler – precentor of Trempen (Darkehmen County) Jacob Brodowski – the inscriptions made by Gottfried Ostermeyer can also be found in the manuscript: 16 German and 11 Lithuanian phrases. The aim of this article is to evaluate the inscriptions made by Ostermeyer as the elements of macrostructure and microstructure of the collection, to determine their relations with earlier Lithuanian sources, to distinguish the inscriptions, which were recorded in the Lithuanian writings for the first time. The article also discusses Ostermeyer’s insscriptions in Brodowski’s dictionary Lexicon Germanico-Lithvanicvm et Lithvanico-Germanicvm (B; LMAVB RS : F 137–15) and analyses the linguistic peculiarities of Ostermeyer’s inscriptions.

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