Kultura / Culture
once barely made it back alive. Knowing that the young Rade would be the master of Montenegro, Josif felt nei- ther alive nor dead during those two years, so according to one account that’s why he wrote a letter to Peter I in which he claimed that he’d taught Njegoš everything and was returning him to Cetinje alive and well.” The young Rade lived in the nearby Savina Monas- tery, and it’s interesting to note that the school’s oth- er pupils didn’t have an opportunity to sit in the dining room with the abbot and other monks, but he enjoyed that privilege as Montenegro’s future master. Howev- er, he courted the abbot by lunching standing up – that was a condition for him to be present. The school, which he attended in shifts, had approx- imately 60 students. They sat on three benches, while there was a fireplace and a table for the teacher, and all the furniture there today dates back to the late 18 th and early 19 th centuries. A chest from the 1800s, a Vene- tian lamp and a clock from the same year, weapons and icons, restored gusle lutes from the 17 th century. There’s an abacus that Metropolitan Amfilohije used to learn to count, which was already more than 100 years old back then and was brought from his primary school. Meanwhile, the museum’s
U zastakljenoj vitrini muzeja čuvaju se autentični predmeti iz vremena kada se Njegoš školovao The museum’s glass showcase preserves authentic items that were really there at the time of Njegoš’s schooling
oružje i ikone, restaurirane gusle iz 17. veka… U klupa- ma nema nijednog eksera, baš kao ni u stolovači, sto- lici na kojoj se sedelo pored ognjišta. Tu je računaljka na kojoj je mitropolit Amfilo- hije učio da broji, koja je i tada bila stara više od 100 godina, a doneta je iz nje- gove osnovne škole. U zastakljenoj vitrini muzeja pak čuvaju se au- tentični predmeti iz vreme- na kada se Njegoš školovao – dokumenta Josifa Tropo- vića koje je potpisivao na
glass showcase preserves au- thentic items that were real- ly there at the time of Njegoš’s schooling: documents of Jo- sif Tropović that he signed in Latin, textbooks of the time, church books from 1732, gos- pels from 1823, the chalice from which Njegoš received commun- ion, a spelling book dating back to 1692 from which he learned Church Slavonic... There is a di- vit inkwell and pen, the forerun- ner of today’s pencil, including a case in which a goose feather was carried, while gunpowder
latinskom, tadašnji udžbenici, crkvene knjige iz 1732, jevanđelja iz 1823, putir iz kojeg se Njegoš pričešćivao, bukvar iz 1692. iz kojeg je učio crkvenoslovenski jezik... Tu je divit, preteča današnje olovke, futrola u kojoj se no- silo pero od guske, dok su se gore mešali barut i voda… – U to vreme svaka je škola imala puškarnicu da se brani od napada, a uvek su tu bile i ikone. U ovoj uči- onici bile su ikone krsnih slava Nemanjića i Petrovića – Sveti arhangel Mihajlo i Sveti Đorđe, obojica na ko- nju, jer su se u teškim vremenima tražili nebeski za- štitnici ratnici – zaključuje naš domaćin. Nakon školovanja Njegoš je posle sedam godina posetio manastir Savinu 1833, a postoji pretpostavka da su baš tada u budućem pesniku počeli da se rađaju stihovi Gorskog vijenca posvećeni Herceg Novom, na- vedeni na početku ovog teksta. A vi kad dođete ovde, obiđite školu i zamislite da je Njegoš baš tu, na času.
and water mixed above… “During those times, every school had a rifle room for defending against attacks, while there were also al- ways icons. This classroom contained icons of the pa- tron saints of the Nemanjićs and Petrovićs - St. Archan- gel Michael and St. George, both on horseback, because during difficult times heavenly warrior protectors were sought,” concludes our host. After completing his schooling and leaving, Njegoš would return seven years later and visit Savina Monas- tery in 1833, and it is presumed that it was then that verses of the Mountain Wreath dedicated to Herceg No- vi, quoted at the beginning of this article, began being born in the mind of the future poet. So when you come here, be sure to visit the school and imagine that Njegoš is right there, sitting in class.
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