The Image of the Ruler in the Text and Miniature (Notes on the Illuminated Copy of the Vatican Manasses, Vat . Slavo 2) .
Образът на владетеля в текста и миниатюрата (Бележки върху илюстрирания среднобългарски препис на Манасиевата хроника Vat . Slavo 2) .

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a systematic approach to the illuminated Middle Bulgarian copy of the translated Chronicle of Constantine Manasses executed for the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander . The main task of the author is to trace the link between the text and the miniatures on the ground of biblical idea of history . An attempt is made to deduce a system of distribution of the images according to the text, as well as to make new identification of some of the personages included . The chrono-logical limitation from the Creation up to Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ of the investigated text corresponds to the biblical idea of providential principle in the world according to which the mankind lived in two eras: before the Incarnation and after Saviour’s self-sacrifice on the cross . According to the results of the analysis in the first epoch of human history only these kingdoms which are included in prophetical model of Daniel are attested with images . The miniatures themselves follow strictly the content of the episodes . In this context the images can be inter- preted as visual accents on the biblical providentialism, creating opportunity to read not literal, but mystical history of the mankind, in which also the history of the Bulgarian kingdom is interwoven through series of miniatures .

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