Hungarian fragments in a passional from Esztergom
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https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2019.1.64Keywords:
Te deum laudamus, St Paul’s letters, fragment, text publication, system of representation of sounds, reading, circumstances of emergenceAbstract
In a fragmentary Latin passional from the fifteenth century, kept in the Library of Esztergom Cathedral (MSS. I. 178.), two Hungarian text fragments can be found on the inside of the front and back covers, respectively. The first text fragment can be related to St Paul’s letter to the Romans 11.33–36, from János Sylvester’s 1541 translation of the Bible, while the second can be related to the Te deum of the Peer Codex, but neither of them is a direct copy of those texts. In the case of the first fragment, the effect of an earlier written text can be suspected, and in the case of the second, oral tradition may have played a role. Thus, the parallels give but limited chance for establishing the time of writing. On the back cover, in almost identical handwriting, the names of two possible owners can also be read: gregorius chompor, and gergiuſ ſzucz de comiati. The unique letter shapes and the system of orthography represented in a limited data set also fail to give us sufficient clue for an unambiguous clarification of the circumstances of emergence of the fragments.
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