Summary: | This work tries to analyze the translation method of the Latin ablative absolute in the Croatian Glagolitic version of the Rule of Saint Benedict. Besides the concrete analysis, the work presents basic information about The Rule of Saint Benedict, translations of this important literary work from Latin in other European languages, editions of the Croatian Glagolitic translation and about most important studies on this text. The Latin ablative absolute and Old Church Slavonic dative absolute, which corresponds to absolute construction in Latin, are also briefly elaborated. The conclusion contains short classification and evaluation of all analysed material, including the list of all examples of ablative absolute that were found in the original text of The Rule of Saint Benedict with their equivalents in Croatian Glagolitic translation.
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