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The Slavic letters of St. Jerome : the history of the legend and its legacy, or, How the translator of the Vulgate became an apostle of the Slavs / Julia Verkholantsev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verkholantsev, Julia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
- Jerome.
- Catholic Church--Liturgy.
- Catholic Church.
- Liturgics.
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420--Cult--Europe, Eastern.
- Bible--Versions.
- Bible.
- Christian saints, Slavic--Europe, Eastern.
- Christian saints, Slavic.
- Glagolitic alphabet--History.
- Glagolitic alphabet.
- Liturgical language--History.
- Liturgical language.
- Church history.
- History.
- Cults.
- Europe, Eastern--Church history.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Eastern Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 262 pages .)
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Origins: Enigmatic Apostolate 11
- The "Mission" 11
- "And every tongue shall confess to God" 14
- The Alphabet 16
- The Liturgy 18
- The Controversy 19
- The Slavonic Rite in Bohemia 26
- The Slavonic Rite in Poland? 28
- The Bifurcation of Slavic Writing: Glagolitic and Cyrillic 32
- 2 CROATIA: Empowering Myth 34
- The Arrival of the Slavonic Rite in Croatia 34
- The Roman Slavonic Rite of the Glagolite Clergy 36
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius as Slavic Apostles in Croatia 45
- Cyril and Methodius in Historical Sources 50
- The Legend Is Created: Sources 53
- The Legend Is Created: Historical Setting 58
- "Letters alone in books renew the past" 60
- 3 BOHEMIA: Imperial Aspirations 63
- The Roman Slavonic Rite in Prague 63
- "Monasterium Sancti Hieronymi Slavorum Ordinis Benedicti" 70
- Patron Saints of the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome 72
- The Slavic Theme in Charles's Representation of Bohemias Sacred History 76
- The Theology of the Slavonic Monastery's Murals 86
- Glagolitic, Cyrillic, and Latin Letters at the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome 90
- St. Jerome's Slavic Alphabet, the nobilis lingua Slauonica, and the Czech Bible 101
- The Cult of St. Jerome in Bohemia beyond the Slavonic Monastery 106
- St. Jerome in Literary Sources of Bohemian Provenance 108
- Implications of St. Jerome's Recognition as a Slav in Bohemia 114
- 4 SILESIA: A Provincial Exploit 116
- The Slavonic Monastery 117
- Hypotheses 119
- 5 POLAND: In Prague's Footsteps 124
- The Slavonic Monastery of the Holy Cross at Kleparz: Sources and Evidence 125
- The Cult of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Poland? Hypothesis and Evidence 128
- Catholic Mission to the Orthodox Rus'? Hypothesis and Evidence 131
- The Roman Slavonic Rite as Memorial to Slavic Christianity 140
- Jadwiga-Patron of the Monastery 142
- The Czech Trend 144
- The Slavic Vernacular 148
- Decline 150
- St. Jerome as a Slavic Apostle 153
- Conclusion 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1609091582
- 9781609091583
- Publisher Number:
- 99970420660
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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