INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM OF GLAGOLlTIC PERIOD IN SLAVONIA

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to give guidelines for the description of the so far untouched area of the Croatian literary and linguistic history, which started with the Glagolitic in the area between the Sava and Drava rivers. Moreover, it would cover the sources that can be used as the first track for research. The existence of the Glagolitic script in stone (the church of St. Dimitrije in Brodski Drenovac) and on the medieval bricks (Benedictine Abbey Rudine) is also noted. Furthermore, a partial list of Glagolitic priests from the area of the Đakovo diocese is provided, which supports the thesis about saying masses from Glagolitic missals in that area.