Людмила Ф. Фомина: Космонимия в Бивлии руской Франциска Скорины
Lyudmyla F. Fomyna: Cosmonymy in the Russian Bibleby Francysk Skaryna

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the nominations of the Great Bear constellation, the Pleiades asterism, the planet Venus and the collective name Zodiac in the Russian Bible by the outstanding pioneer printer and translator of the 16th century – Francysk Skaryna. The purpose of the article is a historical and linguistic analysis of the astronomical nominations presented in the biblical books of Francysk Skaryna, in particular, the study of the sources of their appearance, the correlation of Church Slavonic and popular names (Czech, Russian, Belarusian). It is noted that cosmonyms make up two groups: the first – Church Slavicisms, continuing the Cyril-Methodian tradition in this lexical sphere; the second – the popular names, partly due to the influence of the Czech Bible of 1506 and widely known in the territory of Slavia. The name of the Zodiac is also marked by Czech-Latin influence. Comparison with the Ostrog Bible, which appeared in the 16th century and later as a model of the normalized Church Slavonic language, demonstrated that the language of Skaryna᾽s Bible largely deviates from its norms and is subject to the Belarusian linguistic influence. The author comes to the conclusion that the lexical and grammatical features of the Church Slavonic language of the Belarusian version are reflected in the cosmonymy of Francysk Skaryna᾽s Russian Bible.

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