CANONS OF OLD NOMOKANONS IN SOUTH SLAVONIC PENITENTIALS (13th–14th CENTURIES)
CANONS OF OLD NOMOKANONS IN SOUTH SLAVONIC PENITENTIALS (13th–14th CENTURIES)

Summary/Abstract: The paper considers the content of four South Slavic penitential compilations whose copies date from the late 13th and 14th centuries and contain canons from old Slavic nomokanons, the Nomokanon of 50 Titles by John Scholastikos (the so-called Nomokanon of Methodios) and the Nomokanon of 14 Titles (Old Slavonic Kormčaja). The presence of canons in surviving penitentials reveals earlier layers of the text, which testify to the interweaving of official canonic and penitential content intended for the parochial practice of Slavic dioceses before the 13th century. Indirectly, this phenomenon indicates the broader presence of Slavic nomokanon books in Southeastern Europe before the appearance of the Nomokanon of St. Sava ca. 1220.

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