Putni tovaruš (English: Travel companion) is a prayer book written in 1660 by the Croatian poet and noblewoman Katarina Zrinska on her estates in Ozalj. It was first published a year later in Venice.
The book contains poetry by Zrinska, written in the style of Baroque poetry. It also contains prose texts. The language used is a dialectal mixture of Chakavian, Štokavian and Kajkavian, the representative style of the Ozalj literary circle. The book was reprinted twice in Ljubljana, first in 1687 and secondly in 1715.
Contents and description The book was completed on August 1, 1660 on Katarina Zrinski's estates in Ozalj,Ottův slovník naučný: Illustrovaná encyklopædie obecných vědomostí, J. Otto, 1898, pp. 456 as can be seen from the introductory text, and was published in the printing press Babiani in Venice during 1661.Časopis Musea Království Českého, Volume 45, Museum Království Českého (Prag), pp. 308 In the same foreword titled Vsega hervatckoga i slovinskoga orsaga gospodi i poglavitim ljudem obojega spolaZora: časopis za zabavo, znanost in umetnost, Franc Rapoc, pp. 272 (To all noble people of the Croatian and Slavic states of both sexes), Zrinska introduces herself as a enlightened Croatian noblewoman whose work is motivated by her religious convictions and patriotism. This was followed by a skillfully constructed poem Vsakomu onomu, ki štal bude ove knjižice, written in octosyllable, which is reminiscent of high quality Baroque poetry of the 17th century, which further reflect the author's intentions:Putni tovaruš Katarine Zrinski
Ni za drugo navom svitu Človik stvoren od ruk Boga, Kad mu dušu plemenitu Da srid raja zemaljskoga, Neg da ovde tako hodi, Tako živi i putuje, Da se v smerti prav nahodi I da v nebu gospoduje. Zač Bog stvori vnoge staze, Vnoge pute i načine, Neg da po njih ljudi plaze Do nebeske domovine. Zato knjige, zato pisma, Zapovidi i zakoni Poda, da ki ide š njima, Večnu radost mu nakloni. ...Putna tovarušica Ana Katarina ZrinskiKatarine Zrinski i njihovi molitvenici, Novak
Most of the prayers of the book were translated from the German language into Croatian,Jihoslované obraz národopisno-literární, pp. 272 using a dialectal mixture of Chakavian, Štokavian and Kajkavian, as a representative of the Ozalj literary circle. Much of the text is considered to be of high literary quality, which led to its reissues in 1687 and 1715, Ljubljana.Květy: obr'azkovy t'ydenn'ik, Volume 4, pp. 284 According to critic and poet , some of the prose texts reach the expressive achievements of poetry, calling the work a jewel in the Croatian baroque literature and one of its most important achievements.Putni tovaruš : transkripcija / Katarina Zrinski; transkribirao, za tisak priredio i priloge napisao Zvonimir Bartolić., Matica hrvatska
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Further reading Putni tovaruš. Ana Katarina Zrinska und der Ozaljski krug, Inge Lehmann, Slavistische Beiträge, Bd. 259., München, O. Sagner, 1990., (pdf) Putni tovarus / vnogimi lipimi, nouimi i pobosnimi molituami iz nimskoga na heruaczki jezik isztomachen i spraulyen po meni groff Frankopan Catharini goszpodina groffa Petra Zrinszkoga hisnom touarussu, digitalna.nsk.hr