Erasmus Rhagusinus, sive: De Apophthegmaton libris a Georgio Ferrich Latinis versibus donatis

master's thesis

• Title (english): Ragusan Erasmus, or: Ferić's verse translation of the Apophthegmata books
• Author: Petar Ušković Croata
• Mentor: Šime Demo (mentor)
• Committee member: Tamara Tvrtković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zdravka Martinić-Jerčić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Šime Demo (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Croatian Latinity); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2017-06-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology

Abstract

In hoc opere Erasmi Ἀποφθεγµάτων libri tractabuntur quos Georgius Ferrich, poeta Rhagusinus, saeculo XIX ineunte Latinis versibus illustravit. Curnam prorsus hoc Erasmi opus tantum apud Georgium Ferrich studium excitaverit, quoque consilio ad has fabellas versibus reddendas impulsus et evocatus esset, in lucem exponetur. Comparabitur deinde utrumque opus inter ea, quo clarius pateat qua in re congruant aut inter se dissentiant. Quanti sit momenti Georgii Ferrich opus monstrare oportebit, quibusdam epigrammatis ex illa magna eorum capedine allatis et commentatis, cum Erasmo denique comparatis. Nonnulla de ipso Erasmi opere fient verba cum pateat quantum pondus, etiam aetate qua Ferrich viguit, haberet.

Abstract (english)

The subject of this graduate thesis is Erasmus of Rotterdam’s work Apophthegmata published in Basel in 1531. This work was interesting to Georgius (Đuro) Ferrich (1739-1820), poet from Dubrovnik (Rhagusa), who decided to render some of them in Latin verses. He is writing mostly in hendecasyllabi and elegiac couplets, the most common verses. Of 3014 that Erasmus wrote, Ferrich selected 1015 apophthegmata and his autograph is preserved in two parts, one of which is in Dubrovnik’s State Archive and the other in Bogišić’s library in Cavtat. Transcription of all Ferrich’ s Apophthegmata is preserved in the Archive of Franciscan monastery in Dubrovnik. There is no doubt that Erasmus influenced Ferrich who, as a professor and a pedagogue, had to teach students about the virtue and the examples by which it is shown. Therefore, it is important to notice why Ferrich decided to reproduce this work, as well as to see the differences between him and Erasmus of Rotterdam.

• Keywords: Georgius Ferrich; apophthegmata; Erasmus; epigramma
• Keywords (english): Georgius (George) Ferrich; apophthegmata; Erasmus of Rotterdam; epigram
• Language: latin
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:421343
• Study programme: Title: Department of Croatian Latinity; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra latinskog jezika, rimske književnosti i hrvatskog latiniteta (magistar/magistra latinskog jezika, rimske književnosti i hrvatskog latiniteta)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2017-11-07 14:09:35