Vladimir Rezar, University of Zagreb

In 1790 the printing house of Dubrovnik brought to public a short historiographic treatise on Dubrovnik, written by Ludovicus Cervarius Tubero (1458-1527), a Benedictine monk and humanist. Ad hoc titled as De origine et incremento urbis Rhacusanae, the text was in fact an extended excerpt from the 5th book of Tubero's master work, the Commentarii, and was made upon request of his patrons, Bernard Bánffy and Gregory Frankapan, who hosted him in 1509 in their episcopal see of Bács, Hungary. However, due to complex transmission circumstances of the text, up to our time the treatise appeared to circulate in several versions, both manuscript and printed, with significant content discrepancies. As the autograph original of the text was lost, it seemed worthwhile to try to establish a new critical edition of the treatise out of remaining textual testimonies. The attempt we expose here is to some extent unusual and philologically provocative, as an almost forgotten Italian translation of Tubero's treatise (made in 1577 by Ragusan nobleman Simone Ragnina) is being used as a criterion by which the new critical edition of the text was formed. Namely, the Italian translation proved to be the most complete and trustworthy version of the treatise as far as the content is regarded, thus becoming a perfect key for eclectic insertion of Latin readings to the newly formed text, actually a cento made out of a collection of preserved variant Latin lections. As a result, the text established this way finally allows Tubero's treatise to become an object of detailed philologic and litterary analysis, bringing forth some interesting facts that were so far unnoticed.

Vladimir Rezar, Sveučilište u Zagrebu

Povijest Dubrovnika koju je sastavio benediktinski humanist Ludovik Crijević Tuberon (1458-1527) prvi je put tiskana 1790. u Dubrovniku, i to pod naslovom De origine et incremento urbis Rhacusanae. Riječ je zapravo o proširenu izvatku iz 5. knjige njegovih Komentara, a Tuberon ga je izradio da udovolji molbi i zanimanju svojih domaćina, Bernarda Bánffyja i Grgura Frankapana, kod kojih je 1509. godine boravio u ugarskom Baču. Postojanje nekoliko rukopisnih i tiskanih verzija spomenutog teksta koje se međusobno prilično razlikuju, a u isto vrijeme nepostojanje autografnog rukopisnog predloška, dovoljan je motiv da se pokuša uspostaviti novo, kritičko izdanja ovog teksta. U ovom je pokušaju, pomalo neuobičajeno i filološki provokativno, kao ključ za izbor odgovarajućih lekcija upotrijebljen gotovo sasvim zanemaren i slabo proučen rukopis talijanskog prijevoda Tuberonove dubrovačke povijesti iz 1577. On se pokazao kao najcjelovitija i izgubljenu izvorniku najbliža inačica teksta, a kritičko izdanje zapravo donosi svojevrstan centon sastavljen od talijanskim predloškom diktiranih postojećih latinskih verzija teksta. Novo, kritičko čitanje napokon dokida nejasnoće oko izvornosti pojedinih dijelova teksta, postajući čvrstim polazištem za detaljniju kako filološku, tako i književnopovijesnu analizu djela.