Произходът на българите според "Liber generationis"
The origin of the Bulgarians according to "Liber generationis"

Summary/Abstract: Very often in the modern historical literature, when considering the earliest information about the Bulgarians, it is pointed out that through the information from the Chronograph of 354 the Bulgarian ethnic name is registered for the first time in the sources or at least that the mentioned documentation is one of the oldest. For one reason or another, however, the monument containing the information in question, as well as the information itself, have never been the subject of more detailed study by researchers of Bulgarian medieval history. In this article, the author aims to trace, as far as possible, the origin, location and timing of data on Bulgarians as descendants of the biblical ancestor Shem in Liber generationis. Based on modern research, it is stated that neither Liber generationis nor the name of the Bulgarians were ever part of the original content of the Chronograph of 354. At the same time, according to the manuscript tradition, the sentence “Ziezi ex quo Vulgares” can only be dated to the end of the 6th century, when the compilation of Liber generationis/Breviarium/Consularia Vindobonensia priora was created, or to the beginning of the 9th century, when the apographs of manuscripts V and S were created. The second possibility is more probable, as it fits better into the historical context of the late 820s, when a military conflict broke out between the Bulgarian state and the Frankish Empire over the Slavic border population and the territories it inhabited. It was during these events that the Bulgarians became well known to the Franks. Therefore, the creation of a text supplement with a negative connotation in a manuscript then located in Aachen fully corresponds to the hostile atmosphere caused by this clash.

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