Janez Svetokriški and Animals. For an Introduction to the ‘Bestiary’ of the Sacrum Promptuarium The Capuchin preacher Janez Svetokriški (Joannes a Sancta Cruce, 1647-1714) is without doubt the principal Slovene writer of the late Counter-Reformation and also, among those who wrote in the local Slavonic language, of 17th century Carniola tout court. The five-volume collection of his sermons, published under the title Sacrum Promptuarium (SP) between 1691 and 1707, is to be considered a milestone in Slovene culture and, according to some, also represents the true beginning of Slovene fiction. Among the multitude of anecdotes which enrich the ‘ideological’ core of the work – mainly made up of Holy Scriptures and the writings of the fathers of the Church – a significant vein is dedicated to the animal world, along the same lines as the so-called ‘bestiaries’, which in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, a period whose culture Svetokriški is steeped in, made a significant contribution to the creation of western collective imagination. Based on examples from the vast corpus of the Capuchin preacher’s sermons, this brief contribution presents the principal traits of just a few examples of the many and varied animal species in which, alongside many other motifs, Svetokriški’s stories abound.
Titolo: | Janez Svetokriški e gli animali. Per un’introduzione al ‘bestiario’ del Sacrum Promptuarium |
Autori: | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Serie: | |
Abstract: | Janez Svetokriški and Animals. For an Introduction to the ‘Bestiary’ of the Sacrum Promptuarium The Capuchin preacher Janez Svetokriški (Joannes a Sancta Cruce, 1647-1714) is without doubt the principal Slovene writer of the late Counter-Reformation and also, among those who wrote in the local Slavonic language, of 17th century Carniola tout court. The five-volume collection of his sermons, published under the title Sacrum Promptuarium (SP) between 1691 and 1707, is to be considered a milestone in Slovene culture and, according to some, also represents the true beginning of Slovene fiction. Among the multitude of anecdotes which enrich the ‘ideological’ core of the work – mainly made up of Holy Scriptures and the writings of the fathers of the Church – a significant vein is dedicated to the animal world, along the same lines as the so-called ‘bestiaries’, which in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, a period whose culture Svetokriški is steeped in, made a significant contribution to the creation of western collective imagination. Based on examples from the vast corpus of the Capuchin preacher’s sermons, this brief contribution presents the principal traits of just a few examples of the many and varied animal species in which, alongside many other motifs, Svetokriški’s stories abound. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11390/1104181 |
ISBN: | 978-88-6453-456-5 978-88-6453-457-2 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio) |
File in questo prodotto:
File | Descrizione | Tipologia | Licenza | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Janez Svetokriski e gli animali.pdf | Articolo principale | Versione Editoriale (PDF) | ![]() | Open Access Visualizza/Apri |