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Возвращаясь к амулету из Орешака: Что говорила вештица?
Returning to the Oreshak Amulet: What Did the Věshtitsa Say?

Author(s): Alina S. Alekseeva, Alexey A. Gippius, Savva M. Mikheev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Sisinnios legend; Oreshak amulet; South Slavic folklore; handwritten charm.

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the earliest Slavic copy of the Sisinnios legend – an inscription on a lead amulet from Oreshak (north-eastern Bulgaria, Varna), which contains one of two types of plot, the so-called Michael-type. The authors analyze the graphic and orthographic features of the text and give a new reading and translation, as well as reconstruction of the protograph of the Oreshak amulet.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 3-24
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Russian
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