TY - JOUR

T1 - О роли новгородской традиции латинских переводов в истории русского языка и культуры

T2 - лексические заимствования и неосознанные фрагменты

AU - Tomelleri, Vittorio S.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Saint Petersburg State University. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/5/22

Y1 - 2021/5/22

N2 - The Latin influence upon Old Russian language and culture can be detected and studied at different levels (lexical, syntactical and phraseological). In addition to shortly discussing the different fates, on Russian soil, of two etymologically related words, biblija and biblioteka, this paper presents the particular case of an aphoristic quotation taken from the introduction to the Slavic translation of the Donatus. This proposal, pointing to the fundamental position of grammar within the system of the seven liberal arts (основание и подошва всем свободным хитростям - origo et fundamentum omnium liberalium artium), in later centuries has been referred to in different scientific works devoted to grammatical or pedagogical issues. However, there has not been any direct reference to the primary source and, as a consequence, these words have been subjected to different interpretations: from Maximus the Greek's translation activity in Russia to the orthodox response to the challenge posed by Jesuit schools. The material collected and briefly discussed in the article points once again to the importance of taking into account, when approaching the tradition of Novgorod translations from Latin, not only the identification of the Urtext (direct tradition), but also its later reception and individual history (indirect tradition). Going beyond the temporal and spatial boundaries of Novgorod translated literature, we can examine its relevant and partially still unknown contribution to Russian cultural history within a broader and more stimulating perspective.

AB - The Latin influence upon Old Russian language and culture can be detected and studied at different levels (lexical, syntactical and phraseological). In addition to shortly discussing the different fates, on Russian soil, of two etymologically related words, biblija and biblioteka, this paper presents the particular case of an aphoristic quotation taken from the introduction to the Slavic translation of the Donatus. This proposal, pointing to the fundamental position of grammar within the system of the seven liberal arts (основание и подошва всем свободным хитростям - origo et fundamentum omnium liberalium artium), in later centuries has been referred to in different scientific works devoted to grammatical or pedagogical issues. However, there has not been any direct reference to the primary source and, as a consequence, these words have been subjected to different interpretations: from Maximus the Greek's translation activity in Russia to the orthodox response to the challenge posed by Jesuit schools. The material collected and briefly discussed in the article points once again to the importance of taking into account, when approaching the tradition of Novgorod translations from Latin, not only the identification of the Urtext (direct tradition), but also its later reception and individual history (indirect tradition). Going beyond the temporal and spatial boundaries of Novgorod translated literature, we can examine its relevant and partially still unknown contribution to Russian cultural history within a broader and more stimulating perspective.

KW - Loanwords

KW - Maximus the Greek

KW - Novgorod

KW - Russian Donatus

KW - Western cultural heritage

KW - Maximus the Greek

KW - Novgorod

KW - Russian Donatus

KW - Western cultural heritage

KW - loanwords

KW - Loanwords

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U2 - 10.21638/SPBU09.2021.111

DO - 10.21638/SPBU09.2021.111

M3 - статья

AN - SCOPUS:85115760344

VL - 18

SP - 202

EP - 219

JO - ВЕСТНИК САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА. ЯЗЫК И ЛИТЕРАТУРА

JF - ВЕСТНИК САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА. ЯЗЫК И ЛИТЕРАТУРА

SN - 2541-9358

IS - 1

ER -