Scholarly Article
Literary Collectors as Literary Scribes: The Case of Đuro Ferić (1739-1820)
Lupić, Ivan, Bratičević, Irena
2018-09-21 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Abstract
The essay reconstructs the scribal collection of Ragusan literature compiled by Đuro Ferić (1739-1820) and currently scattered across various libraries. It argues that the focus on individual scribes is the best way of understanding Ragusan manuscript culture and of identifying relationships among different manuscript witnesses. Once scribal collections are reconstructed, it is possible to determine to what extent scribes understood their job as involving specific editorial decisions rather than just mechanical copying of the text in front of them. The approach is recommended not just to scholars interested in manuscript culture but to those interested in the larger questions of literary history as well.
Keywords
Đuro Ferić (1739-1820), Ragusan literature, manuscript studies, scribal culture, history of literature, history of collecting
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne