Tekstualna transmisija putopisa Antuna Vrančića Iter Buda Hadrianopolim

Croatian humanist, diplomat, and prelate Antun Vrančić (1504-1573) produced a number of literary works, among which the travelogue Iter Buda Hadrianopolim holds a special place, since it was written as a testimony of Vrančić’s first mission to Constantinople (1553-1557), on which he was sent by order of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564). The text is preserved in the form of Vrančić’s autograph and three transcripts as part of the geographical and historical work De Illyrico Caesaribusque Illyricis by Croatian humanist Ivan Tomko Mrnavić (1580-1637), and was published twice, in the 18th and 19th centuries. This paper provides an insight into the textual transmission of the Iter Buda Hadrianopolim based on the findings the authors arrived at while preparing a critical edition of this text by Vrančić. A philological comparison of Vrančić’s manuscript and the preserved transcripts provides an answer to the question which copy is closest to Vrančić’s original, while a comparison of the manuscript and editions indicates that the existing editions are unreliable for linguistic, stylistic, or historiographical research due to errors which hinder the correct reading of the text. This, along with the fact that no critical edition of the text exists, is why a new philological treatment of this text by Vrančić according to the principles of modern neo-Latin studies was necessary.U sklopu književne produkcije hrvatskog humanista, diplomata i prelata Antuna Vrančića (1504. – 1573.) nalazi se putopis Iter Buda Hadrianopolim, koji je nastao kao svjedočanstvo Vrančićeve prve carigradske misije 1553.-1557. godine u koju je bio poslan po nalogu cara Ferdinanda I. (1503. – 1564.). Spis je sačuvan u autografu i u trima primjercima rukopisa u sklopu geografsko-historijskog djela De Illyrico Caesaribusque Illyricis hrvatskog humanista Ivana Tomka Mrnavića (1580. – 1637.) te je dvaput objavljen, u 18. i 19. stoljeću. U radu se na temelju saznanja do kojih su autorice došle radeći na pripremi kritičkog izdanja tog Vrančićeva teksta daje uvid u tekstualnu transmisiju djela Iter Buda Hadrianopolim. Filološka usporedba autografa i sačuvanih prijepisa daje odgovor na pitanje koji je primjerak najbliži Vrančićevu izvorniku, dok usporedba autografa i izdanja ukazuje na to kako je nedovoljna pouzdanost postojećih izdanja za jezično-stilske ili historiografske interpretacije zbog grešaka koje se u njima prenose i ugrožavaju čitanje teksta, uz nedostatak kritičkoga izdanja, dovoljan razlog za novu filološku obradu toga Vrančićeva djela prema načelima suvremene neolatinistike