Perfectly Imperfect - The Scottish Psalter of 1564

dc.contributor.authorCharzyńska-Wójcik, Magdalena
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-14T06:37:38Z
dc.date.available2023-04-14T06:37:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe return to the original languages of the Bible was one of the key tenets of the Protestant reform and the embodiment of the Renaissance cry ad fontes. The circumvention of the Septuagint and the Vulgate was, therefore, not an expression of hostility towards Rome but an articulation of the desire for the fidelity of the text; hence the emergence of a plethora of new Latin translations of the original Hebrew Psalter. The Scottish metrical Psalter of 1564, which is going to be the focus of this paper, however, was not based on the Hebrew source but either on its fresh Latin renditions or, most frequently, on German and French versifications. In addition to that, the incipient text was adapted to the pre-set tunes associated with individual Psalms. Consequently, the requirements of rhythm and rhyme – both these obtaining in English and those which had influenced the German and French versified Psalms – were prioritised over the fidelity of the rendition. In spite of that, the Scottish Kirk accorded it the status of the liturgical text, and members of the Congregation immediately embraced it, taking the psalms from the churches to their homes and meeting places, so psalm singing became a ubiquitous activity. At the same time, the text of the Scottish Psalter was felt to be imperfect and several attempts at improving it were undertaken, but the ministers demurred. The paper sets out to explain the popularity the Scottish Psalter enjoyed despite its manifold imperfections.pl
dc.identifier.citation„Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich”, 2017, T. 60, z. 4, s. 49-68pl
dc.identifier.doi10.26485/ZRL/2017/60.4/4
dc.identifier.issn0084-4446
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/4978
dc.language.isoenpl
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/*
dc.subjectreformation psalmspl
dc.subjectmetrical psalmodypl
dc.subjectScottish Psalterpl
dc.subjectSzkocki Psałterzpl
dc.subject1564pl
dc.subjectmetrycznypl
dc.subjectmnemotechnikapl
dc.titlePerfectly Imperfect - The Scottish Psalter of 1564pl
dc.title.alternativeDoskonale niedoskonały - Szkocki Psałterz z 1564 rokupl
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepl
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