Ego a puero baptizatus fui et litteras Latinas didici… – prilog proučavanju latinske pismenosti u srednjovjekovnoj Bosni (s posebnim osvrtom na 15. stoljeće)
Ego a puero baptizatus fui et litteras Latinas didici…: A Contribution to the Study of Latin Writing/Literacy in the Medieval Bosnia with a Special Consideration of the Fifteenth Century

Author(s): Tomislav Galović
Subject(s): Social history, Historical Linguistics, History of Education, 15th Century
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Bosnia; Middle Ages; literacy; Latin writing; Latin;
Summary/Abstract: The medieval Bosnian soil provided home to three scripts: Latin, Glagolitic and Cyrillic. The supporting sources include epigraphic, diplomatic and narrative documents. The Cyrillic material is best preserved and the Glagolitic monuments are thought to have preceded the Cyrillic ones. Documents written in Latin script are relatively scarce at least partly because of the breakdown of the medieval order and culture following the Ottoman conquest, yet they occupy a distinct and, in many respects, important place. Their importance is manifested especially in the communication with the outer world. Hence, the main goal of this essay is to depict sources showing the use of the Latin script and to determine the significance of Latin in the courtly-chivalric culture of the Bosnian Middle Ages as well as in the worship and ecclesiastical and monastic communities living in Bosnia before 1463.

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