Писачите в Постния (Slav23) и Цветния триод (Slav24) от библиотеката на синайския манастир „Св. Екатерина“
The Scribes of the Lenten Triodion (Slav23) and Pentecostarion (Slav24) from the Library of st Catherine’s Monastery on Sinai

Summary/Abstract: The importance of the two manuscripts for the history of Slavonic Triodion was first recognized by Georgi Popov, to be followed by Lora Tasseva and Klimentina Ivanova. On this background, the paper reveals partly investigated or not studied details such as script and illumination however modest the latter is. Tanya Popova was the only author who discussed the number of scribes working on the Sinaitic Slav23 and Slav24, discerning altogether two main ones and five collaborators. The names of Gavriil and Serapion are known from their notes in Slav23, but nevertheless that of Serapion remains somehow ignored by the scholars. Also known is the place of origin of the triodia, it being the Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos. The present study of the imperfect digital copies of black-and-white microfilms, makes evident three anonymous scribes in Slav24 besides Gavriil and perhaps six different manners of handwriting in Slav23 thus posing the vital question of how the paleographer is able to decide whether they indicate the participation of a group of anonymous scribes or demonstrate the scribal training of a lesser number of copyists. To help the attribution, the decorative elements are drawn in as witnesses but the final result is not definite since the style of illumination suggests that it does not always correspond to a sole scribe’s share.

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