A Recently Discovered Central Rhodope Manuscript in the Greek Alphabet from the National Revival Period Cover Image

Новооткрит възрожденски писмен паметник с гръцко писмо от Централните Родопи
A Recently Discovered Central Rhodope Manuscript in the Greek Alphabet from the National Revival Period

Author(s): Georgi Mitrinov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Revival; paleography; written monument; Greek graphics; Rhodope dialects

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the recently discovered Ustovski sbornik, a written monu-ment from the Central Rhodope region. The collection was compiled and owned by Kiryak Byalkovski, a prominent figure in the Central Rhodopes. The texts included in the collection are written in the local Rhodope dialect using the Greek alphabet. In addition, they contain features of South-western Bulgarian dialects, as well as vocabulary distinctive of Church Slavonic. The collection comprises sections of Damaskin sermons and gospel texts, among others. The article presents a set of guidelines for exploring the graphical, grammatical and lexical characteristics of this manuscript as part of the Central Rhodope literary tradition of the Bulgarian National Revival period.

  • Issue Year: 70/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 29-44
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian
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