Astronomy and Astrology According to the Work De indagatione cordis by Herman of Dalmatia

U radu ukratko predstavljam, analiziram i komentiram osnovne značajke dosad gotovo potpuno nepoznatog djela Hermana Dalmatina De indagatione cordis (O istraživanju srca). Rasprava je podijeljena u tri glavna djela. Prvi dio je vrlo blizak sadržajem osmoj knjizi Abu Ma\u27sharova Velikog uvoda u astronomiju. Drugi dio, koji tvori glavno tkivo teksta, razmatra nekoliko tema poput primjerice narav planeta i znakova te njihovih okolnosti ili akcidenata. Treći i zaključni dio teksta dodatna je rasprava koja ukratko raspravlja o pronalaženju označitelja prema Messehali i Doroteju te o metodi suđenja. U korištenju jezika Herman se pokazao vrlo samosvjesnim. Hermanov rječnik bogat je slikama i prepun aluzija. Osim toga Herman se u ovom djelu ne zadovoljava pukim ponavljanjem autoriteta iz astronomije i astrologije koji su mu prethodili nego ih ponekad i kritizira jer nisu dostatno, prema njegovu mišljenju, objasnili ono o čemu je bila riječ. Budući da je ovo djelo vrlo slojevito i zamršeno, potrebna je posebna analiza njegova rječnika kao i stila prevođenja koja će pokazati u kojoj je mjeri Herman obogatio latinski jezik kao i svjetovnu literaturu svoga vremena.The paper is a brief analysis of and a commentary to the basic characteristics of the hitherto completely unknown work De indagatione cordis (On the Research in the Heart) by Herman of Dalmatia. The treatise is divided into three main parts. The first part is very similar to the eighth book of Abu Ma\u27shar\u27s Great Introduction Into Astronomy. The second part, which forms the main body of the text, discusses several themes like. for examnle. the nature of planets and signs and their respeective accidents. The third and final part of the text is an additional treatise that briefly discusses the finding of markers according to Messehala and Dorotheus, and the method of judgement. Herman was very self-confident in using language. Herman\u27s vocabulary is rich in images and full of allusions. Besides that, Herman is not satisfied with a mere repetition of the earlier astronomical and astrological authorities, he sometimes criticizes them for, according to his belief, they failed to adequately explain the discussed issues. Since this is a layered complex work, there is necessary a special analysis of his vocabulary, as well as of his style in translating, which would show how Herman made Latin a richer language, and the secular literature of his time a richer literature