Biblical Name Syrtis and Its Old-Czech Reflections Cover Image

Biblické jméno Syrtis a jeho staročeské reflexe
Biblical Name Syrtis and Its Old-Czech Reflections

Author(s): Milada Homolková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: onomastics; Bible

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the different approaches of the Old-Czech Bible translators and the lexicographer Bartholomeus de Solencia dictus Claretus to the geographical name Syrtis, known from the New Testament (Actus 27, 17). Their approaches to the given toponym had been influenced by their knowledge of its medieval etymological interpretations.

  • Issue Year: XLIX/2008
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 135-142
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech