Spovid općena is the name of the first

Croatian language Croatian (; ' ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language used by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and other neighboring countries. It is the official ...

printed book from 1496. It was printed in the printing press of Senj, Croatia and its process was overseen by

Blaž Baromić Blaž Baromić (before 1450 in Vrbnik – after 1505 in Senj) was a Croatian printer, calligrapher, founder of the Senj printing press in 1494, the second oldest Croatian printing press. He is also known for his special typographic set known as '' ...

. It was published some thirteen years after the first Croatian printed book Missale Romanum Glagolitice, written in

Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...

. It contains 36 leaves, and is also the first Croatian non- liturgical

incunabula In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. Incunabula were pro ...

. The book is a translation of "Confessione generale" (General Confessions) by the Milanese author

Michele Carcano Michele Carcano Order of Friars Minor, O.F.M. Obs. (Michael de Carcanis de Mediolano) (Lomazzo, 1427- 20 March 1484) was an Italian Franciscan preacher. He is known for his part in founding the montes pietatis banking system, with Bernardine of Fe ...

. The translation work was done by Jakov Blažiolović. The opening lines are "''Počine spovidь opĉena ča est načinь ki ima držati č oviь naispita ñe konšencie kad se oĉe ispovid i''".

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Full scan of Spovid općenaSpovid općena
on the British Library catalogue {{DEFAULTSORT:Spovid opcena Incunabula 1496 books Croatian literature Croatian glagolithic texts