THE LANGUAGE OF THE URACH PRESS EDITIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE EARLY MODERN ERA LITERARY LANGUAGE CONCEPTIONS

U članku se razmatra položaj protestantske tiskarske ,,epizode“ u kontekstu hrvatske i regionalno određene (južnoslavenske) filologije, s obzimm na znatan udio štokavizama u izdanjima ranog razdoblja uraškoga tiskarstva (1561-1563) u kojima je jezik prije svega postavljen na tradiciji čakavskoga književnog oblikovanja. Primjenjujući usporedbenu metodu procjenjuje se učestalost i koncentracija prepletanja tih dvaju hrvatskih narječja te okolnosti koje su dovele do odustajanja od takve koncepcije 1563. g.‘ Osobito je važna spoznaja da je i u ćiriličkom izdanju Novoga Tesmmema (1563) učestalost štokavizama manja nego u starijim glagoljskim izdanjima koja su mogla biti namijenjena samo uskom zapadnom pojasu hrvatskoga područja‘ Time se problematizira dosljednost i odlučnost jezične politike našega protestantskoga kruga u Urachu.The article discusses the slams of the Protestant press ‘episode’ within context of Croatian and regionally determined (South Slavic) philology, considering the significant amount of Shtokavian elements present in the editions of the Urach press early period (15614563), whose language was modelled on Chakavian tradition. Using comparative method, the article determines the frequency and concentration of merging those two Croatian dia— lects and the circumstances leading to abandonment of such conception in l563. Equally important is the knowledge that even in the Cyrillic edition of the New Testament (l 563), there is a lesser frequency of Shtokavian elements than in the older Glagolitic editions which were possibly intended only for the narrow western strip of Croatian lands. That fact alone questions the consistency and decisiveness of the language policy of our Urach Protestant circle