The Dreams of Three Emperors : The Journey of Achmet's
Oneirocriticon from Byzantium to Bohemia

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The Dreams of Three Emperors : The Journey of Achmet's Oneirocriticon from Byzantium to Bohemia

KRAJNÍK, Filip

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Dreams of Three Emperors : The Journey of Achmet's Oneirocriticon from Byzantium to Bohemia

Název česky

Sny tří císařů : Cesta Achmetova snáře z Byzance do Čech

Autoři

KRAJNÍK, Filip (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Othello's Island 2015, 20.-22. 3. 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2015

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Kypr

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00084587

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

Achmetův snář; středověká oneiromantie; Vavřinec z Březové; Václav IV.

Klíčová slova anglicky

The Oneirocriticon of Achmet; medieval oneiromancy; Laurencius de Březová; Wenceslas IV

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 23. 2. 2018 20:56, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Since dreams and dreaming were widely discussed phenomena throughout the Middle Ages, dream books were among the most popular literature in high and late medieval Europe. The so-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet enjoyed especially high popularity. Written in Greek in the 10th century, probably for Bzyantine Emperor Leo VI, and translated into Latin in the late 12th century by Emperor Manuel Komnenos's court interpreter, the Oneirocriticon became one of the most important sources of later medieval and humanistic works on oneiromancy. Apart from being the only dream book of the period comparable to the classical work of Artemidorus, the Oneirocriticon also offers a more sophisticated methodology of interpreting dreams than other popular medieval dream manuals. Moreover, the text clearly presents royals as a privileged class of dreamers, making itself a prestigious work for rulers and the aristocracy. From the late 13th century, vernacular versions of the Oneirocriticon appeared, one of the first ones being in Czech (early 15th century). Although the patron of the translation is unknown, there are clues that it was the then Holy Roman King, Wenceslas IV, the translator of the work being the prominent Bohemian historiographer Laurentius de Březová. Compared to other known versions, the Czech rendition is surprisingly faithful to its model, containing most of the original and not incorporating any radical changes. Signs of cultural appropriations are, however, clearly discernible, and the translation is accompanied by an original foreword, placing the Byzantine text in the late medieval cultural and theological contexts. The aim of the paper will, therefore, be to outline the importance of Achmet's Oneirocriticon for medieval dream lore and describe various aspects of the inter-cultural transmission of the text, showing how the Czech translator dealt with those features of the work that might have been considered sensitive and incompatible with the target cultural milieu.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1246/2014, interní kód MU

Název: Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III (Akronym: NDALLR3)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

KRAJNÍK, Filip. The Dreams of Three Emperors : The Journey of Achmet's Oneirocriticon from Byzantium to Bohemia. In Othello's Island 2015, 20.-22. 3. 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus. 2015.

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KRAJNÍK, Filip. The Dreams of Three Emperors : The Journey of Achmet's Oneirocriticon from Byzantium to Bohemia. In \textit{Othello's Island 2015, 20.-22. 3. 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus}. 2015.

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