Ivan Belostenec | |
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.jpg) Gazophylacium | |
| Born | c. 1594 |
| Died | 2 February 1675(1675-02-02) (aged 80–81) |
| Nationality | Habsburg monarchy |
| Occupation(s) | linguist andlexicographer |
Ivan Belostenec (c. 1594 – 2 February 1675) was aCroatianlinguist,lexicographer and poet.[1]
In 1616 he joined thePaulists. He studiedphilosophy inVienna andtheology inRome. Belostenec was aprior of Pauline monasteries inLepoglava, Svetice atOzalj and Sveta Jelena atČakovec, and also avisitator (lat.) inIstria.
Belostenec wrotepoems (which are lost) andsermons (Ten Commandments About The Eucharist, 1672). His main work was a bilingual dictionaryGazophylacium, seu Latino-illyiricorum onomatum aerarium (Gazophylacium or Illyrian-Latintreasury of words; the other copy of the book has the nameGazophylacium illyrico-latinum). The work remained unfinished. Except for its richness of words, (about 40,000 words on 2,000 pages of text) Gazophylacium is also important for itstrilingual concept (kajkavian-chakavian-shtokavian) characteristic for the members of the Ozalj literary-linguistic circle. Gazophylacium was finished and prepared for publication by two Paulists - Jerolim Orlović and Andrija Mužar, it was published inZagreb 1740.
