"Epistolaris itaque formula attenuato stilo ducetur potissimum ...". Az ideális stílusnem kérdése Augustinus Moravus Olomucensis De modo epistolandi-jában

Jelen rövid írásunkban Augustinus Moravus Olomucensis (1467–1513) kevéssé ismert művére, a De modo epistolandi cum nonnullis epistolis quam pulcherrimis-re, egész pontosan annak az ideális stílusnemmel foglalkozó fejezeteire (Quot genera dicendi inveniantur; Qualis in epistolis stilus esse debeat) kívánjuk felhívni a figyelmet

Gran bé vos ha vengut: construccions existencials i selecció de l'auxiliar en català antic

En aquest article analitzem la selecció de l'auxiliar en català antic partint de la hipòtesi que la inacusativitat no és una propietat dels verbs, sinó de les construccions, fet que no exclou que determinades arrels verbals tendeixin a associar-se amb estructures que n'afavoreixen la coocurrència amb un dels auxiliars. Aportem dades diacròniques que mostren que verbs considerats inacusatius típics com venir, a banda de ser molt freqüents en construccions resultatives, auxiliades sistemàticament amb ésser en la llengua medieval, també podien inserir-se en construccions esdevenimentals de tema indefinit, les quals s'auxiliaven amb haver («los à vengut gran dan a lur molí»). Aquestes estructures presenten connexions amb una construcció existencial d'haver(-hi), freqüent en lallengua cancelleresca, que incorporava com a predicatiu el participi de verbs considerats inacusatius típics («d'altres hòmens que hi havia venguts»). No serà fins al segle xvi que haver s'introduirà gradualment en construccions d'estat resultant.This article studies auxiliary selection in Old Catalan starting from the hypothesis that unaccusativity is not a property of verbs, but of constructions, which is not to say that certain verbal roots do not tend to associate with structures that favour cooccurrence with one particular auxiliary. We provide diachronic data that show that verbs considered to be typically unaccusative, like venir, apart from being very common in resultative constructions, which select ésser in medieval Catalan, but can also be inserted into eventive constructions with an indefinite theme, which select haver («los à vengut gran dan a lur molí»). These structures are connected with an existential expression that uses haver-hi, frequent in the language of the Chancellery, which included a predicate containing the past participle of verbs considered to be typically unaccusative («d'altres hòmens que hi havia venguts»). It is not until the sixteenth century that haver is gradually introduced into resultatives

Gran bé vos ha vengut: construccions existencials i selecció de l'auxiliar en català antic

En aquest article analitzem la selecció de l'auxiliar en català antic partint de la hipòtesi que la inacusativitat no és una propietat dels verbs, sinó de les construccions, fet que no exclou que determinades arrels verbals tendeixin a associar-se amb estructures que n'afavoreixen la coocurrència amb un dels auxiliars. Aportem dades diacròniques que mostren que verbs considerats inacusatius típics com venir, a banda de ser molt freqüents en construccions resultatives, auxiliades sistemàticament amb ésser en la llengua medieval, també podien inserir-se en construccions esdevenimentals de tema indefinit, les quals s'auxiliaven amb haver («los à vengut gran dan a lur molí»). Aquestes estructures presenten connexions amb una construcció existencial d'haver(-hi), freqüent en lallengua cancelleresca, que incorporava com a predicatiu el participi de verbs considerats inacusatius típics («d'altres hòmens que hi havia venguts»). No serà fins al segle xvi que haver s'introduirà gradualment en construccions d'estat resultant.This article studies auxiliary selection in Old Catalan starting from the hypothesis that unaccusativity is not a property of verbs, but of constructions, which is not to say that certain verbal roots do not tend to associate with structures that favour cooccurrence with one particular auxiliary. We provide diachronic data that show that verbs considered to be typically unaccusative, like venir, apart from being very common in resultative constructions, which select ésser in medieval Catalan, but can also be inserted into eventive constructions with an indefinite theme, which select haver («los à vengut gran dan a lur molí»). These structures are connected with an existential expression that uses haver-hi, frequent in the language of the Chancellery, which included a predicate containing the past participle of verbs considered to be typically unaccusative («d'altres hòmens que hi havia venguts»). It is not until the sixteenth century that haver is gradually introduced into resultatives

From the Living to the Dead. The Principles of Testamentary Succession among Medieval Nobility in the Czech Lands and Hungary

In the present paper, the authors attempt to give a basic explanation of one of the titles of inheritance, while they focus mainly on medieval noble testaments as documented in charters of Czech and Hungarian origin from the late 12th to the early 14th century. General observations on limitations of testamentary succession and specifi c features of medieval testaments are accompanied by the analysis of preserved documents. While in the Czech lands this refers mainly to a collection of mostly recipient charters, in Hungary the analysed documents are the charters produced in offi ces of quasi-public notaries, i.e. places of authentication that functioned from the beginning of their activities on the territory of Slovakia. The unique material going back to the origins of medieval written culture in both lands allows us to reconstruct the path and conditions leading to the issuing of testament and it also enables us to compare the developmental lines of the two neighboring Central European countries, which is a part of the fi nal evaluation.In the present paper, the authors attempt to give a basic explanation of one of the titles of inheritance, while they focus mainly on medieval noble testaments as documented in charters of Czech and Hungarian origin from the late 12th to the early 14th century. General observations on limitations of testamentary succession and specifi c features of medieval testaments are accompanied by the analysis of preserved documents. While in the Czech lands this refers mainly to a collection of mostly recipient charters, in Hungary the analysed documents are the charters produced in offi ces of quasi-public notaries, i.e. places of authentication that functioned from the beginning of their activities on the territory of Slovakia. The unique material going back to the origins of medieval written culture in both lands allows us to reconstruct the path and conditions leading to the issuing of testament and it also enables us to compare the developmental lines of the two neighboring Central European countries, which is a part of the fi nal evaluation