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Ve}ina ljudi danas nije u stanju dekodirati i ~itati
glagoljicu. Za njih je glagoljica zagonetka prekrivena
velom mistike u kojoj prepoznaju stanovitu vizualnu
ljepotu i duhovnu snagu, davno zabilje`enih znakova
koji izviru i traju stolje}ima.
Danas smatramo da je glagoljica najstarije slavensko
pismo koje je sastavio u~eni Grk Konstantin - ]iril
prije svog misijskog puta u Moravsku, 863. godine.
Rije~ glagoljica potje~e od izraza glagolati, {to zna~i
govoriti. Glagoljica se u povijesti nazivala slavenskim
pismom - pismo slovensko jer su Slaveni sebe nazivali
Slovìne - Slovjene prema izrazu sloviti {to zna~i govoriti,
od ~ega je nastao sveti termin Slovo za gr~ki
Logos - Rije~, Mudrost, Bo`ja Rije~. “V ISKONI BI
SLOVO...” rije~i su iz glagolja{kog Evan|elja po Ivanu
na crkvenoslavenskom, a zna~e “U po~etku bija{e
Rije~...”
U najstarijoj obloj glagoljici znak za Slovo - S je
krug na trokutu. Krug je simbol sunca, znak za nebo,
vje~nost kojoj nema po~etka ni kraja, ozna~ava
savr{enstvo Bo`je. Trokut je sjedinjeno nebo i zemlja s
~ovjekom, simbolizira Presveto Trojstvo - dovr{enost
bo`anskog jedinstva u trojedinosti. Prvo slovo az tj. A
u po~etnom obliku je kri` kojem su kasnije dodane
dvije “petljice”. Dakle, pismeni sustav glagoljice
osmi{ljen je na teolo{koj simbolici i geometrijskoj logici
kako bi svojim duhom i svojim oblicima mogao zrcaliti
novo “sveto” pismo i slu`iti novom “narodu” do
pune spoznaje Boga u vjeri.
U srednjemu vijeku i kr~ki popovi glagolja{i `ivjeli
su i umirali u uvjerenju da govore i pi{u pismenima
sv. Jeronima, odnosno ilirskim pismom.
U vremenima osporavanja glagoljice, na liniji
shva}anja evan|eoskog principa da je Gospodin pored
latinskoga i gr~kog stvorio i na{ narodni jezik na
svoju slavu, u obrani narodnih i crkvenih interesa
Hrvati su se uhvatili za ~vrsti i pouzdani korijen, za
~asno ime slavnog nau~itelja, zaljubljenika u asketske
probleme teologije i eshatologije, promicatelja Rije~i
Oplakivanje iz Prvog vrbni~kog misala
Mourning in the first Vrbnik missal
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Thanks to the Glagolitic and the first books written
in the Glagolitic, the Croatian and the Slavic
world entered Europe through the front door. Numerous
convincing and authentic manuscripts bear witness
of the inveteracy of the Glagolitic. The famous
11 th century manuscript, Klo~ev glagolja{, is from the
island. The Apostle of Gr{kovi} from Vrbnik, the Ba{ka
Clipping, the Vrbnik Fragment and the Document of
Illustrious Dragoslav date from the 12 th century, The
Fragments of the Apostles from Omi{alj from the
12 th /13 th century, while the Krk Statute is from the
year 1388. There are a series of missals, breviaries
from the 14 th century, as well as incunabula, registers
and other documents which the island of Krk had contributed
to the world cultural treasury. The first
renowned printer in Croatia, Bla` Baroni}, came from
a Vrbnik scriptorium in the 15 th century.
Most people today are not capable of decoding and
reading the Glagolitic. To them the Glagolitic is an
enigma covered in a veil of mysticism in which they
recognize a certain visual beauty and spiritual
strength of the long ago recorded signs which have
emerged and lasted for centuries.
Today, we consider the Glagolitic to be the earliest
Slavic alphabet invented by the erudite Greek Constantine
– Cyril prior to his missionary journey to Moravia
in 863. The word Glagolitic is derived from the term
“glagolati” which means “to speak.” In history, the
Glagolitic was called a Slavic alphabet – the Slavonic
alphabet since the Slavs called themselves “Slovìne” –
“Slovjene” after the word “sloviti” which also means
“to speak” and from which the holy term “Slovo” was
coined for the Greek “Logos” – the Word, Wisdom,
Word of God. “V ISKONI BI SLOVO…” are the words
from the Glagolitic Gospel of John in Church-Slavonic
and they mean “IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS
THE WORD…”
In the earliest round Glagolitic the sign for the letter
S is a circle on a triangle. The circle is a symbol of
the sun, a sign for the firmament, an eternity which
has no beginning and no end, and marks the divine
perfection. The triangle is the joined skies and earth
with man, symbolizing the Holy Trinity, the completeness
of the divine unity in triunity. The first letter
“az,” that is “A” originally was a cross to which subsequently
two “knots” were added. The literal system
of the Glagolitic was thus conceived on the theological
symbolic and geometrical logic so that its spirit and
forms could have reflected the new “holy” alphabet
and serve the new “people” until full perception of God
in faith was achieved.
In the Middle Ages the Glagolitic priests of Krk also
lived and died convinced that they spoke and wrote
using the letters of St. Jerome, that is the Illyric
alphabet.
In the times when the Glagolitic was contested,
along the lines of the conviction of the Gospel principle
that, in addition to the Latin and Greek languages,
God had also created our vernacular to his glory, in
defense of national and church interests, the Croats
had grabbed onto the solid and reliable root, the noble
name of the famous master, the lover of the ascetic