А на жената бяха дадени крила. Сборник в чест на професор Светлина Николова / And Wings Were Given to the Woman. In Honour of Professor Svetlina Nikolova (= Palaeobulgarica, 46/4. Специално издание), 46, 4, КМНЦ-БАН, 2022, ISSN:0204-4021, 439-456, 2022
The article discusses a rule from the penitentiary compilation in manuscript No. 32 (1713) from t... more The article discusses a rule from the penitentiary compilation in manuscript No. 32 (1713) from the collection of V. Grigorovich (f. 87) in the Russian State Library in Moscow – a late 15th – early 16th century service book. The rule under consideration states that if a woman drinks a potion to have no children, she will destroy her soul, and on the Day of Judgment her unborn children will turn into snakes and eat her flesh. The text must be analyzed in the context of the group of rules among which it is set. They sanction the negligent treatment of child by its parents, which may result in its death. Its sources are to be found in apocryphal literature and more specifically the Infernal Journeys. An echo of the dissemination of these motifs can be seen in the iconographic doomsday program at St Nicholas church in Kalotina (1331–1337), where a woman is depicted among the sinners in hell, with snakes that have sunk their teeth into her breasts. The scene is labeled with the following text: “woman who refuses to milk another child”. This mural pattern is widespread. Its earliest appearance is to be found in Yılanlı Kilise (Snake Church), Cappadocia (9th–11th centuries) and is present in various Crete and Cyprus churches for a lengthy period of time (13th–15th centuries).
Recently, the question of shaping identity and the perception of "the other" (by this term are co... more Recently, the question of shaping identity and the perception of "the other" (by this term are commonly embraced not only foreigners, but also individuals, social groups and minorities, characterised by a certain degree of abnormality, marginality and exclusion) has become an increasingly popular topic for the researchers of the Middle Ages. This paper seeks to present translations of some Slavonic texts included in the socalled Nomokanon of Pseudo-Zonaras, a canon-law compilation from the beginning of the fourteenth century, that change, through the imposition of penances, the social status of groups and individuals, placing them in a marginal, intermediate, isolated position. The study shows that heretics and members of other religions such as Latins, Armenians, Jews, Muslims most clearly stand out as a group that could be defined as "the others". Unambiguous and strictly regulated red lines were drawn between them and the Orthodox Christians that should not be violated, since those, who crossed them, were othered, marginalised, seen as outsiders to society. These were conditioned by rules that can be divided thematically into three groups: 1) applying to those who accept another's faith, 2) relating to food prohibitions, and 3) governing mixed-faith marriages.
The article aims at tracing marital prohibitions in Slavonic legal texts from the earliest transl... more The article aims at tracing marital prohibitions in Slavonic legal texts from the earliest translations of the 10th c., such as the Law for Judging People, to the late 14th c. Special attention is paid to penitential texts which have long been known to scholars but have not been accordingly exploited as evidence about the state of marital relations and their conditions. Unlike the secular law, the penitentiaries were widely distributed in the Balkans until the end of the 17th c. and are preserved in many Bulgarian, Serbian, Wallachian and Moldavian copies. Amendments in both text and marginal notes of these manuscripts indicate that these penitentiaries were in active use by the priests. In general, the marriage prohibitions can be categorised into three groups: 1. prohibitions related to kinship, 2. prohibitions on remarriage, and 3. prohibitions that regulate mixed marriages.
Surveying a variety of cultural documents – chronicles, hagiography, apocrypha, canon law texts o... more Surveying a variety of cultural documents – chronicles, hagiography, apocrypha, canon law texts one focus of the paper is how medieval man created, transformed and adapted the concept of fictional (Hell and Paradise) and foreign world (the passing of Western pilgrims’ armies through thе lands of the Balkans on their way to the Holy Land). Another focus is to investigate some stereotypes, which were created at the meeting between different communities. Were the Balkans land of plenty or dark forest in the eyes of the Crussaders? Were the Latins cannibals or were the Greeks tender and feminized?
The article discusses the question of the place of the Anonymous Homily in the Medieval Slavonic ... more The article discusses the question of the place of the Anonymous Homily in the Medieval Slavonic juridical literature. The text of the homily is attested in the Glagolita Clozianus and is considered to be an original work of St. Methodius. In this survey it is viewed in the context of Byzantine legal tradition, which reverberated in the Slavonic tradition, e.g. in the Zakon sudnyj liudem, in some „mirrors for princes“, in later Slavonic legal collection such as Knigi zakonni and Merilo Pravednoe. In this context it seems that the Anonymous Homily cannot be seen as a law or as part of Zakon sudnyj liudem. In its function, structure, stylistics, and in regard with the composition of the miscellany, the Anonymous Homily is a typical moralizing text (pouchenie). Nevertheless, it should not be excluded from the juridical literature. According to the latest scholarly views the Byzantine, and respectively the Slavonic legal systems should be considered as an entity – didactic and juridical, translated and original. In this sense a text such as the Anonymous Homily, focused on the questions of the reign, of its roots and nature, is indisputably related to law and to juridical texts.
The article examines the evidence on food and nutrition found in the Slavic penitentials. Unlike ... more The article examines the evidence on food and nutrition found in the Slavic penitentials. Unlike the law texts in the Western historical tradition, the Slavic mediaeval law texts are poorly researched and used as a source of information on the Bulgarian history and culture. The manuscript tradition of the Slavic penitentials (the volume of manuscripts, their frequency, editorial interventions) shows that for a long period (almost until the 18th century) they have remained among the main texts used by the priests during the sacraments of confession and repentance. Therefore, they can be a source of important information about the everyday life of Bulgarians. Emphasis is put on the diet, the ban on certain foods, the role of food and nutrition in relation to the people following other traditions such as heretics, Jews, Armenians. It is argued that penitentials reflect a kind of duality. On the one hand, they may be regarded as attesting the everyday lifestyle-the Christian calendar, the observance of certain hygienic norms, while, on the other hand, they reflect, to the highest degree, the concepts of purity and impurity which are characteristic for the primitive cultures and the blurring of which might have led to supernatural punishment Както справедливо отбелязва Ст. Смядовски едва ли има по-сълзливо или плачещо общество от Средновековното (Смядовски 2014: 26). Проповядваната от Христос скръб е скръбта от и за греховете, за които всеки ще отговаря пред Страшния съд. Тежестта на греховете, признати по време на изповед, обаче би могла да бъде снета чрез искрено разкаяние и изкупена чрез извършването на определена простъпка. В това се състои и значението на тайнството покаяние. Пенитенциалите, използвани от свещенослужителите по време на изповед, имат формата на списъци с условни клаузи ("ако някой е извършил определен грях ...") със съответстващата им епитимия, което е форма на наказание, но няма юридическа сила на санкция. Целта на епитимията е да излекува ума и душата, да даде опрощение, помирение (McNeill 1932; Kottje 1995). Християнската Църква познава както публичното, така и тайното покаяние. Първото предвижда недопускане до светата литургия, носене на определени дрехи или остригване на косата за даден период от време в съответствие от извършеното
Jazyk a kultúra v slovanských súvislostiach Kliment Ochridský a jeho prínos pre slovanskú a európsku kultúru (k 1100. výročiu jeho smrti). Bratislava-Sofia, 2017, 137-156
The article deals with some little known documents from the archive of Vassil Zlatarski, which is... more The article deals with some little known documents from the archive of Vassil Zlatarski, which is kept in the Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They reveal Vassil Zlatarski as an initiator of the institutionalization of the Cyrillo-Methodian studies at the Bulgarian Academy. Special attention is paid to the correspondence between Zlatarski and the Metropolitan of Varna and Preslav Simeon concerning the publication of the Greek Life of St. Kliment Ohridski. The letters exchanged between them on this issue are published at the end of the article. These documents represent not only a part of the history of the Bulgarian historical science, but, last but not least, they show how certain hypotheses are born in order to serve the for political purposes
The article reveals the significance of Cyrillo-Methodian oeuvre in the course of the interplay b... more The article reveals the significance of Cyrillo-Methodian oeuvre in the course of the interplay between the Great Powers’ policy on the Balkans and in Europe during the 19th century. Particular attention is paid to Austro-Hungarian – Russian relations, both countries at this moment trying to become the integrating centre of Slavic people and culture. The irreconcilable contradictions between Austria and Russia become apparent especially in Galicia, where Poles were seeking to restore the Polish-Lithuanian state.
From The Liberation (1878) till 1944, when one of the main objectives of the Bulgarian state poli... more From The Liberation (1878) till 1944, when one of the main objectives of the Bulgarian state policy was to unite the lands inhabited by Bulgarians in Macedonia, Thrace and Dobrudzha, the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius became a symbol of national identity and national unity. That is why the research of the life and literary activities of St. St. Cyril and Methodius and their disciples has become one of the most important scientific trends. In the Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences different types of documents are preserved (official papers, reports from scientific trips, personal letters, photocopies of manuscripts, all scattered in various funds) that provide interesting information about the birth of Cyrillo-Methodian studies in Bulgaria. The article aims to present and summarize all the information that relates to the activities of two committees constituted in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – the St. Clement’s Commission (1914–1916) and the Commission for editing the sources of life and work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius (1934–1945).
The article traces chronologically whether and how the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius becam... more The article traces chronologically whether and how the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius became a symbol of Bulgarian national unity and identity and is used in political propaganda to justify the Bulgarian claims in an attempt to achieve the national ideal in the years from 1878 to 1944. Particular attention is paid to documents relating to the preparation of the anniversary of St. Clement of Ohrid celebrations (1916), reports from scientific missions in Macedonia (1916) and the 24th of May celebrations in 1941.
The article deals with some canon law texts from the Slavonic translation of Nomocanon Cotelerii ... more The article deals with some canon law texts from the Slavonic translation of Nomocanon Cotelerii concerning the regulation of the mixed (interfaith) marriages: 1. If a Christian commits adultery and fornicates with a gentile woman, he defiles his baptism; even more so if he has been eating and drinking with her – it is a great dishonour. Such a man must be expelled from the Holy Church and has to stay where the catechumens stay for three years. Then, he will be allowed to re-enter the church and stay for two years; and during all these five years, he has to repent and on the sixth year he will be allowed to receive the communion with faithful Christians; 2. If a Christian has a non-Christian woman who does not want to give up her religion, or a Christian woman has a non-Christian man who does not want to accept Christianity, there is nothing to be said about them. However, as we have already written, it is not appropriate for a Christian to marry an unbelieving [spouse]. If such a thing happens to such [spouses] Apostle Paul says: The unbelieving woman will be saved by a believing man, and an unbelieving man – by a believing woman. Therefore, they must not be separated, but the believing man should forever repent for his unbelieving wife and pray for the rest of his life until God converts her into the true faith. Similarly, the believing wife [must repent for] her unbelieving husband. It is not forbidden for them to eat and drink together but only if the believing spouse goes to the spiritual Father to take His holy orders and to constantly go to church and diligently surrender to prayers and services. If the two bear children, the believing [spouse] must guide them into the true faith; 3. If an unbelieving man defiles a Christian girl, he has to be baptized into Christian faith and to be blessed to take the woman as his wife. If he does not want to do so, all his possessions have to be taken and given to the woman who lost her virginity and was defiled by him. He has to be persecuted and expelled from the place as an offender and a destroyer of the Christian kin. And when the Christian woman takes the property of this unbelieving dog, she should marry a Christian man. The analysis shows that in Nomocanon Cotelerii a rich selection of rules unknown to other canonical and legal collections is preserved. Editio princeps and translation in Bulgarian are appended.
The article examines five canon rules dealing with relationships between Christians and Jews, pre... more The article examines five canon rules dealing with relationships between Christians and Jews, preserved in two unstudied Serbian manuscripts (З-I-63 and З-I-68) from the Gruijć’s collection, kept in the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade. They punish those who socialize with the Jews, eat with them, receive food from them, in sickness seek help from them as doctors. An attempt to identify their sources and to present some of their versions is made.
The article includes a preliminary list of texts of the canon law in a Slavonic manuscripts that ... more The article includes a preliminary list of texts of the canon law in a Slavonic manuscripts that are preserved in large Bulgarian libraries and depositories, as well as in small collections of libraries, monasteries and museums in the country. Although work on the scholary description of the Slavonic manuscripts in these collections has been going on for over a century now there is no list of the texts of the canon law (it has not even been established yet how many texts there are and to what kind of legal monuments they belong). There is also no clear notion of the manuscripts they are found in (thus, e.g. the Church Historical and Archive Institute has no scholary description or inventory). The mss. included in the list have been examined de visu with a few exceptions. The material is arranged thematically. The description sticks to the following outline: name of the canon law text (incipits are given only when no printed edition was found); depository and call number of the manuscript; bibliography.
А на жената бяха дадени крила. Сборник в чест на професор Светлина Николова / And Wings Were Given to the Woman. In Honour of Professor Svetlina Nikolova (= Palaeobulgarica, 46/4. Специално издание), 46, 4, КМНЦ-БАН, 2022, ISSN:0204-4021, 439-456, 2022
The article discusses a rule from the penitentiary compilation in manuscript No. 32 (1713) from t... more The article discusses a rule from the penitentiary compilation in manuscript No. 32 (1713) from the collection of V. Grigorovich (f. 87) in the Russian State Library in Moscow – a late 15th – early 16th century service book. The rule under consideration states that if a woman drinks a potion to have no children, she will destroy her soul, and on the Day of Judgment her unborn children will turn into snakes and eat her flesh. The text must be analyzed in the context of the group of rules among which it is set. They sanction the negligent treatment of child by its parents, which may result in its death. Its sources are to be found in apocryphal literature and more specifically the Infernal Journeys. An echo of the dissemination of these motifs can be seen in the iconographic doomsday program at St Nicholas church in Kalotina (1331–1337), where a woman is depicted among the sinners in hell, with snakes that have sunk their teeth into her breasts. The scene is labeled with the following text: “woman who refuses to milk another child”. This mural pattern is widespread. Its earliest appearance is to be found in Yılanlı Kilise (Snake Church), Cappadocia (9th–11th centuries) and is present in various Crete and Cyprus churches for a lengthy period of time (13th–15th centuries).
Recently, the question of shaping identity and the perception of "the other" (by this term are co... more Recently, the question of shaping identity and the perception of "the other" (by this term are commonly embraced not only foreigners, but also individuals, social groups and minorities, characterised by a certain degree of abnormality, marginality and exclusion) has become an increasingly popular topic for the researchers of the Middle Ages. This paper seeks to present translations of some Slavonic texts included in the socalled Nomokanon of Pseudo-Zonaras, a canon-law compilation from the beginning of the fourteenth century, that change, through the imposition of penances, the social status of groups and individuals, placing them in a marginal, intermediate, isolated position. The study shows that heretics and members of other religions such as Latins, Armenians, Jews, Muslims most clearly stand out as a group that could be defined as "the others". Unambiguous and strictly regulated red lines were drawn between them and the Orthodox Christians that should not be violated, since those, who crossed them, were othered, marginalised, seen as outsiders to society. These were conditioned by rules that can be divided thematically into three groups: 1) applying to those who accept another's faith, 2) relating to food prohibitions, and 3) governing mixed-faith marriages.
The article aims at tracing marital prohibitions in Slavonic legal texts from the earliest transl... more The article aims at tracing marital prohibitions in Slavonic legal texts from the earliest translations of the 10th c., such as the Law for Judging People, to the late 14th c. Special attention is paid to penitential texts which have long been known to scholars but have not been accordingly exploited as evidence about the state of marital relations and their conditions. Unlike the secular law, the penitentiaries were widely distributed in the Balkans until the end of the 17th c. and are preserved in many Bulgarian, Serbian, Wallachian and Moldavian copies. Amendments in both text and marginal notes of these manuscripts indicate that these penitentiaries were in active use by the priests. In general, the marriage prohibitions can be categorised into three groups: 1. prohibitions related to kinship, 2. prohibitions on remarriage, and 3. prohibitions that regulate mixed marriages.
Surveying a variety of cultural documents – chronicles, hagiography, apocrypha, canon law texts o... more Surveying a variety of cultural documents – chronicles, hagiography, apocrypha, canon law texts one focus of the paper is how medieval man created, transformed and adapted the concept of fictional (Hell and Paradise) and foreign world (the passing of Western pilgrims’ armies through thе lands of the Balkans on their way to the Holy Land). Another focus is to investigate some stereotypes, which were created at the meeting between different communities. Were the Balkans land of plenty or dark forest in the eyes of the Crussaders? Were the Latins cannibals or were the Greeks tender and feminized?
The article discusses the question of the place of the Anonymous Homily in the Medieval Slavonic ... more The article discusses the question of the place of the Anonymous Homily in the Medieval Slavonic juridical literature. The text of the homily is attested in the Glagolita Clozianus and is considered to be an original work of St. Methodius. In this survey it is viewed in the context of Byzantine legal tradition, which reverberated in the Slavonic tradition, e.g. in the Zakon sudnyj liudem, in some „mirrors for princes“, in later Slavonic legal collection such as Knigi zakonni and Merilo Pravednoe. In this context it seems that the Anonymous Homily cannot be seen as a law or as part of Zakon sudnyj liudem. In its function, structure, stylistics, and in regard with the composition of the miscellany, the Anonymous Homily is a typical moralizing text (pouchenie). Nevertheless, it should not be excluded from the juridical literature. According to the latest scholarly views the Byzantine, and respectively the Slavonic legal systems should be considered as an entity – didactic and juridical, translated and original. In this sense a text such as the Anonymous Homily, focused on the questions of the reign, of its roots and nature, is indisputably related to law and to juridical texts.
The article examines the evidence on food and nutrition found in the Slavic penitentials. Unlike ... more The article examines the evidence on food and nutrition found in the Slavic penitentials. Unlike the law texts in the Western historical tradition, the Slavic mediaeval law texts are poorly researched and used as a source of information on the Bulgarian history and culture. The manuscript tradition of the Slavic penitentials (the volume of manuscripts, their frequency, editorial interventions) shows that for a long period (almost until the 18th century) they have remained among the main texts used by the priests during the sacraments of confession and repentance. Therefore, they can be a source of important information about the everyday life of Bulgarians. Emphasis is put on the diet, the ban on certain foods, the role of food and nutrition in relation to the people following other traditions such as heretics, Jews, Armenians. It is argued that penitentials reflect a kind of duality. On the one hand, they may be regarded as attesting the everyday lifestyle-the Christian calendar, the observance of certain hygienic norms, while, on the other hand, they reflect, to the highest degree, the concepts of purity and impurity which are characteristic for the primitive cultures and the blurring of which might have led to supernatural punishment Както справедливо отбелязва Ст. Смядовски едва ли има по-сълзливо или плачещо общество от Средновековното (Смядовски 2014: 26). Проповядваната от Христос скръб е скръбта от и за греховете, за които всеки ще отговаря пред Страшния съд. Тежестта на греховете, признати по време на изповед, обаче би могла да бъде снета чрез искрено разкаяние и изкупена чрез извършването на определена простъпка. В това се състои и значението на тайнството покаяние. Пенитенциалите, използвани от свещенослужителите по време на изповед, имат формата на списъци с условни клаузи ("ако някой е извършил определен грях ...") със съответстващата им епитимия, което е форма на наказание, но няма юридическа сила на санкция. Целта на епитимията е да излекува ума и душата, да даде опрощение, помирение (McNeill 1932; Kottje 1995). Християнската Църква познава както публичното, така и тайното покаяние. Първото предвижда недопускане до светата литургия, носене на определени дрехи или остригване на косата за даден период от време в съответствие от извършеното
Jazyk a kultúra v slovanských súvislostiach Kliment Ochridský a jeho prínos pre slovanskú a európsku kultúru (k 1100. výročiu jeho smrti). Bratislava-Sofia, 2017, 137-156
The article deals with some little known documents from the archive of Vassil Zlatarski, which is... more The article deals with some little known documents from the archive of Vassil Zlatarski, which is kept in the Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They reveal Vassil Zlatarski as an initiator of the institutionalization of the Cyrillo-Methodian studies at the Bulgarian Academy. Special attention is paid to the correspondence between Zlatarski and the Metropolitan of Varna and Preslav Simeon concerning the publication of the Greek Life of St. Kliment Ohridski. The letters exchanged between them on this issue are published at the end of the article. These documents represent not only a part of the history of the Bulgarian historical science, but, last but not least, they show how certain hypotheses are born in order to serve the for political purposes
The article reveals the significance of Cyrillo-Methodian oeuvre in the course of the interplay b... more The article reveals the significance of Cyrillo-Methodian oeuvre in the course of the interplay between the Great Powers’ policy on the Balkans and in Europe during the 19th century. Particular attention is paid to Austro-Hungarian – Russian relations, both countries at this moment trying to become the integrating centre of Slavic people and culture. The irreconcilable contradictions between Austria and Russia become apparent especially in Galicia, where Poles were seeking to restore the Polish-Lithuanian state.
From The Liberation (1878) till 1944, when one of the main objectives of the Bulgarian state poli... more From The Liberation (1878) till 1944, when one of the main objectives of the Bulgarian state policy was to unite the lands inhabited by Bulgarians in Macedonia, Thrace and Dobrudzha, the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius became a symbol of national identity and national unity. That is why the research of the life and literary activities of St. St. Cyril and Methodius and their disciples has become one of the most important scientific trends. In the Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences different types of documents are preserved (official papers, reports from scientific trips, personal letters, photocopies of manuscripts, all scattered in various funds) that provide interesting information about the birth of Cyrillo-Methodian studies in Bulgaria. The article aims to present and summarize all the information that relates to the activities of two committees constituted in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – the St. Clement’s Commission (1914–1916) and the Commission for editing the sources of life and work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius (1934–1945).
The article traces chronologically whether and how the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius becam... more The article traces chronologically whether and how the work of St. St. Cyril and Methodius became a symbol of Bulgarian national unity and identity and is used in political propaganda to justify the Bulgarian claims in an attempt to achieve the national ideal in the years from 1878 to 1944. Particular attention is paid to documents relating to the preparation of the anniversary of St. Clement of Ohrid celebrations (1916), reports from scientific missions in Macedonia (1916) and the 24th of May celebrations in 1941.
The article deals with some canon law texts from the Slavonic translation of Nomocanon Cotelerii ... more The article deals with some canon law texts from the Slavonic translation of Nomocanon Cotelerii concerning the regulation of the mixed (interfaith) marriages: 1. If a Christian commits adultery and fornicates with a gentile woman, he defiles his baptism; even more so if he has been eating and drinking with her – it is a great dishonour. Such a man must be expelled from the Holy Church and has to stay where the catechumens stay for three years. Then, he will be allowed to re-enter the church and stay for two years; and during all these five years, he has to repent and on the sixth year he will be allowed to receive the communion with faithful Christians; 2. If a Christian has a non-Christian woman who does not want to give up her religion, or a Christian woman has a non-Christian man who does not want to accept Christianity, there is nothing to be said about them. However, as we have already written, it is not appropriate for a Christian to marry an unbelieving [spouse]. If such a thing happens to such [spouses] Apostle Paul says: The unbelieving woman will be saved by a believing man, and an unbelieving man – by a believing woman. Therefore, they must not be separated, but the believing man should forever repent for his unbelieving wife and pray for the rest of his life until God converts her into the true faith. Similarly, the believing wife [must repent for] her unbelieving husband. It is not forbidden for them to eat and drink together but only if the believing spouse goes to the spiritual Father to take His holy orders and to constantly go to church and diligently surrender to prayers and services. If the two bear children, the believing [spouse] must guide them into the true faith; 3. If an unbelieving man defiles a Christian girl, he has to be baptized into Christian faith and to be blessed to take the woman as his wife. If he does not want to do so, all his possessions have to be taken and given to the woman who lost her virginity and was defiled by him. He has to be persecuted and expelled from the place as an offender and a destroyer of the Christian kin. And when the Christian woman takes the property of this unbelieving dog, she should marry a Christian man. The analysis shows that in Nomocanon Cotelerii a rich selection of rules unknown to other canonical and legal collections is preserved. Editio princeps and translation in Bulgarian are appended.
The article examines five canon rules dealing with relationships between Christians and Jews, pre... more The article examines five canon rules dealing with relationships between Christians and Jews, preserved in two unstudied Serbian manuscripts (З-I-63 and З-I-68) from the Gruijć’s collection, kept in the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade. They punish those who socialize with the Jews, eat with them, receive food from them, in sickness seek help from them as doctors. An attempt to identify their sources and to present some of their versions is made.
The article includes a preliminary list of texts of the canon law in a Slavonic manuscripts that ... more The article includes a preliminary list of texts of the canon law in a Slavonic manuscripts that are preserved in large Bulgarian libraries and depositories, as well as in small collections of libraries, monasteries and museums in the country. Although work on the scholary description of the Slavonic manuscripts in these collections has been going on for over a century now there is no list of the texts of the canon law (it has not even been established yet how many texts there are and to what kind of legal monuments they belong). There is also no clear notion of the manuscripts they are found in (thus, e.g. the Church Historical and Archive Institute has no scholary description or inventory). The mss. included in the list have been examined de visu with a few exceptions. The material is arranged thematically. The description sticks to the following outline: name of the canon law text (incipits are given only when no printed edition was found); depository and call number of the manuscript; bibliography.
ŽEŇUCH, P. – БЕЛЯКОВА, Е. В. – НАЙДЕНОВА, Д. – ZUBKO, P. – MARINČÁK, Š.: Užhorodský rukopisný Pseudozonar... / Ужгородский рукописный Псевдозонар... Monumenta Byzantino-Slavica et Latina Slovaciae. V. Bratislava – Москва – София – Košice: 2018 , 2018
Текст рукописи был транслитерирован по электронной версии источника. Транслитерация и корректура ... more Текст рукописи был транслитерирован по электронной версии источника. Транслитерация и корректура текста, а также само издание этой ценной рукописи юридического характера карпатского происхождения осуществилась в рамках проекта “Кириллическая письменность в Словакии до конца XVIII века”
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St Nicholas church in Kalotina (1331–1337), where a woman is depicted among the sinners in hell, with snakes that have sunk their teeth into her breasts. The scene is labeled with the following text: “woman who refuses to milk another child”. This mural pattern is widespread. Its earliest appearance is to be found in Yılanlı Kilise (Snake Church), Cappadocia (9th–11th centuries) and is present in various Crete and Cyprus churches for a lengthy period of time (13th–15th centuries).
Another focus is to investigate some stereotypes, which were created at the meeting between different communities. Were the Balkans land of plenty or dark forest in the eyes of the Crussaders? Were the Latins cannibals or were the Greeks tender and feminized?
The analysis shows that in Nomocanon Cotelerii a rich selection of rules unknown to other canonical and legal collections is preserved. Editio princeps and translation in Bulgarian are appended.
St Nicholas church in Kalotina (1331–1337), where a woman is depicted among the sinners in hell, with snakes that have sunk their teeth into her breasts. The scene is labeled with the following text: “woman who refuses to milk another child”. This mural pattern is widespread. Its earliest appearance is to be found in Yılanlı Kilise (Snake Church), Cappadocia (9th–11th centuries) and is present in various Crete and Cyprus churches for a lengthy period of time (13th–15th centuries).
Another focus is to investigate some stereotypes, which were created at the meeting between different communities. Were the Balkans land of plenty or dark forest in the eyes of the Crussaders? Were the Latins cannibals or were the Greeks tender and feminized?
The analysis shows that in Nomocanon Cotelerii a rich selection of rules unknown to other canonical and legal collections is preserved. Editio princeps and translation in Bulgarian are appended.