Dictionary of phytonyms in Kosta Radović’s healing book (1830) Cover Image

Речник фитонима у лекаруши Kосте Rадовића (1830)
Dictionary of phytonyms in Kosta Radović’s healing book (1830)

Author(s): Nikolina P. Tutuš
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: handwritten healing book with prayer book; Kosta Radovic; 19th century; phytonyms dictionary

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a healing book with a prayer book written by Kosta Radović in 1830, which is kept in the Rarities department of Matica Srpska under the signature RR II 62. The aim of the research is to look at pre-standard language expression at the lexical level and to compose the dictionary of phytonyms represented in this manuscript. As a result, a systematic review of the herbs used for healing is obtained, as well as an overview of the language fund related to their naming. Comparison with older, medieval, medical books, such as the Hodoški zbornik and the Hilandarski tipik, seeks to shed light on the potential association of this manuscript with works of a similar purpose in the earlier period, using as criteria the organization of the text, the number and identity of the plant species, their names and medicinal actions attributed to them.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 47-83
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Serbian