"Izmišljanje" Vavilona – Geografija i hagiografija u bliskoistočnom itineraru svetog Save Srpskog

Abstract

Od svih mesta koja je sveti Sava Srpski navodno posetio putujući po drugi put na Istok, posebnu pažnju istraživača privukla su ona koja je Domentijan, njegov stariji životopisac, odredio kao „Veliki Vavilon” i „Veliki Egipat”. U radu se izlaže nova pretpostavka o tome kako je dati segment Savinog itinerara (re)konstruisan na književnoj ravni, odnosno kakvu su ulogu u oblikovanju perspektive njegovog hagiografa, hilandarskog jeromonaha, igrala geografska znanja, lično iskustvo i, konačno, opšte zakonitosti žitijnog žanra.

Of all the places St Sava of Serbia had allegedly visited during his second voyage to the East, the attention of scholars was particularly drawn to those which the author of his first vita, Domentijan, designated as ‘Great Babylon’ and ‘Great Egypt’. The article presents a new hypothesis on how this segment of Sava’s itinerary was (re)constructed on the literary plane, i. e. how the perspective of his hagiographer, a hieromonk of the Hilandar monastery, was influenced and shaped by geographical knowledge, personal experience, and finally, by the general conventions of the vita genre.